Open Research Fund Projects
In 2022, NORF awarded funding to six collaborative projects to implement priority actions in Ireland’s National Action Plan for Open Research 2022-2030. In 2023, NORF awarded funding to a further 13 projects, four under the Strand I: Priority Actions funding call and nine under the Strand II: Open Research Stimulus funding call. By building national capacity and infrastructure for open research, these projects will support the visibility and impact of Irish research and help progress Ireland’s strategic goals for research and innovation under Impact 2030: Ireland’s Research and Innovation Strategy. The National Open Research Forum is a Government of Ireland initiative, funded by the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, through the Higher Education Authority.

2022 Open Research Fund: Priority Actions

National Open Access Monitoring
Project Lead: Catherine Ferris
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Open Access Repository Assessment and Alignment
Project Lead: Cillian Joy
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Open Access Transition Programme
Project Lead: Ruth Hegarty
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Open Research Training Programme
Project Lead: Dermot Lynott
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National Data Stewardship Network
project Lead: Aoife Coffey
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Shared Data Storage Service Pilot
Project Lead: Roberto Sabatino
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2023 Open Research Fund

Roadmap to Embedding Open Research Practices in Ireland (ABOARD)
Project Leads: dr David O’Connell
& dr Sally Smith
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ENGAGED: Co-Creating Ireland’s Public Engagement & Open Research Road Map
Project Lead: prof. Jo-Hanna Ivers
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Irish National Research Data Management Framework (iFrame)
Project Lead: Mr Armin Straube
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SCOIR: Secondary rights, Copyright, Open access, Institutional policies, and Rights retention
Project Leads: Prof. Eoin O’Dell
& Ms Frances Madden
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Star Guide: Showing Citizens the Best View of the Exoplanets
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QSA*Net: Promoting Open Research in Qualitative Social Science
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Cultivating an Open Research Culture in the Humanities and
Social Sciences
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Embedding a Culture of Interdisciplinary Open Research in
Ireland’s Criminal Justice Sector
Project Lead: Dr ian marder
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Pilot Training for Responsible Use of Research Metrics
Project Lead: Prof. grace mulcahy
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A Review of Open Research in Connected Health Ecosystems in Ireland
Project Lead: Prof. Kalpana Shankar
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Building a Culture of Open Research for Irish Health and Social Care Practitioner Researchers
Project Leads: Dr Gemma Moore & MS Laura Rooney Ferris
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Managing Open Source Software in Irish Universities [MOSS-I]
Project Lead: Dr Patrick Healy
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Sharing Arts Practice FAIRly: Developing Best Practice Training & Guidance to Disseminate Arts Practice Research Outputs
Project Lead: Prof. Helen Phelan
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