Helmholtz Open Science Office

The Helmholtz Open Science Office supports the Helmholtz Association as a service provider in shaping the cultural change towards Open Science. It is a partner of all stakeholders involved in this process within Helmholtz and promotes the visibility of Helmholtz on a national as well as international level within the context of Open Science in the spirit of the Helmholtz mission.

This website provides an overview of all activities of the Helmholtz Open Science Office. All relevant information is described and communicated here.

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Online-Seminar zu "PIDs for Instruments"

07. May 2024

The project "PID Network Germany" cordially invites you to the online seminar "PIDs for instruments".
69th Helmholtz Open Science Online Seminar: Open Hardware

May 23, 2024, 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. (CEST), Online

In our 69th Helmholtz Open Science Online Seminar Julieta Arancio (Open Research Funders Group) will talk on Open Hardware.
112. BiblioCon 2024

June 04 to 07, 2024, Hamburg

The 112th BiblioCon will take place this year under the motto "open.local.global" from 04 to 07 June 2024 at the Congress Centrum Hamburg (CCH) and is organized by Verein…
PIDfest

June 11 to 13, 2024, Prague (Czech Republic)

The conference serves as an international summit of talks, activities and workshops focussing on the use, application and challenges of persistent…
Open Access Days 2024

September 10 to 12, 2024, Cologne

The Open Access Days are the central annual conference on Open Access and Open Science in the German-speaking area. They will take place from September 10 to 12,…

103rd Helmholtz Open Science Newsletter available

The 103rd Helmholtz Open Science Newsletter has been published and is now available in German as well as in English. In this newsletter we give you an overview of the most important developments…
Documentation: Helmholtz Open Science Forum "Towards Open Digital Research Ecosystems – Interconnecting Infrastructures"

The documentation of the Helmholtz Open Science Forum "Towards Open Digital Research Ecosystems – Interconnecting Infrastructures" is now available via download: https://doi.org/10.48440/os.helmholtz.…
Documentation: 2nd Helmholtz Open Science Forum "Open Science and Transfer"

The documentation of the 2nd Helmholtz Open Science Forum "Open Science and Transfer" is now available via download: https://doi.org/10.48440/os.helmholtz.075.
Documentation: 5th Helmholtz Open Science Forum "Research Software"

The documentation of the 5th Helmholtz Open Science Forum "Research Software" is now available via download: https://doi.org/10.48440/os.helmholtz.074.
Publication on „Lessons learned from ORCID DE“ available

A comprehensive article on the conclusions and results of the ORCID DE project is now available in English.
Slides of the 68th Online Seminar available

The slides of the 68th Helmholtz Open Science Online Seminar on “Science Tracking” are now available.

Open Science at Helmholtz

The mission of the Helmholtz Open Science Office is to promote the cultural change towards open science. Guided by the motto "Enabling open science practices in Helmholtz!" the Helmholtz Open Science…
Open Access

For open access, one of the Helmholtz Open Science Office's key endeavours is the promotion of the transformation from subscription-based access to open access.
Open Research Data

The Centers of the Helmholtz Association conduct data-intensive research with internationally significant large-scale facilities and digital information infrastructures. The Helmholtz Open Science…
Open Research Software

While open science calls for accessibility and reuse of scientific results, in many research areas, this can only be ensured if source code is made openly accessible in addition to the corresponding…