Commission launches pilot to open up publicly funded research data
Valuable information produced by researchers in many EU-funded projects will be shared freely as a result of a Pilot on Open Research Data in Horizon 2020. Researchers in projects participating in the pilot are asked to make the underlying data needed to validate the results presented in scientific publications and other scientific information available for use by other researchers, innovative industries and citizens. This will lead to better and more efficient science and improved transparency for citizens and society. It will also contribute to economic growth through open innovation. For 2014-2015, topic areas participating in the Open Research Data Pilot will receive funding of around €3 billion.
The Commission recognises that research data is as important as publications. It therefore announced in 2012 that it would experiment with open access to research data (see IP/12/790). The Pilot on Open Research Data in Horizon 2020 does for scientific information what the Open Data Strategy1 does for public sector information: it aims to improve and maximise access to and re-use of research data generated by projects for the benefit of society and the economy.
The Pilot involves key areas of Horizon 2020:
– Future and Emerging Technologies
– Research infrastructures – part e-Infrastructures
– Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies – Information and Communication Technologies
– Societal Challenge: Secure, Clean and Efficient Energy – part Smart cities and communities
– Societal Challenge: Climate Action, Environment, Resource Efficiency and Raw materials – with the exception of topics in the area of raw materials
– Societal Challenge: Europe in a changing world – inclusive, innovative and reflective Societies
– Science with and for Society
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[Guidelines on Data Management in Horizon 2020->
http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/data/ref/h2020/grants_manual/hi/oa_pilot/h2020-hi-oa-data-mgt_en.pdf] | version 16 décembre 2013
Guidelines on Open Access to Scientific Publications and Research Data
in Horizon 2020 | version 16 décembre 2013
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