Coming soon Capacity-building Grant Technical Assistance
Institutional Open Science Capacity Grant
Support for institutions to adopt open science practices — open access, open data, open methods and open educational resources.
This is a planned grant concept and is not yet open. Eligibility criteria, value and deadlines will be published when the Foundation opens the call.
Overview
Open science makes research more transparent, reproducible and useful. This grant concept supports institutions to develop open science policies and to build the skills and infrastructure for open access publishing, open data and open methods.
Who can apply
Intended for: Research institutions, Researchers, Universities.
Detailed eligibility criteria will be published when this call opens.
How applications are assessed
Selection criteria will be published with the call.
Applications are screened for eligibility and completeness, reviewed and scored by qualified reviewers who have declared any conflicts of interest, and decided by an authorised committee. Automated tools may help check completeness, but funding decisions are always made by people. Read the grant guidelines.
Expected outcomes and impact
- An adopted institutional open science policy
- InputsOpen science expertise; policy templates; training.
- ActivitiesOpen science readiness assessment; policy development; training; infrastructure guidance.
- OutputsPolicies adopted; researchers trained.
- OutcomesGreater openness and transparency in institutional research.
- Long-term impactMore trustworthy, accessible and impactful research.
How results will be measured
- Institutions adopting open science policies
- Researchers trained
- Share of outputs made openly available