Helmholtz Open Science Office

The Helmholtz Open Science Office supports the Helmholtz Association and its research Centers in shaping the cultural change towards Open Science. It collaborates with national and international stakeholders to improve the quality and impact of research, guided by Open Science principles and in the spirit of the Helmholtz mission.

Through its activities, events, and publications, the Open Science office informs the community regarding the latest developments and guides the transition towards Open Science.

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RDA 24th Plenary Meeting

7th to 11th April 2025

The 24th Research Data Alliance (RDA) Plenary meeting will be held fully virtually under the theme: ‘Data for emerging technologies’.
PIDs for academic events

7 May 2025

This workshop highlights the use of Persistent Identifiers (PIDs) for academic events such as conferences and workshops.
HMC Conference 2025

12th to 14th May 2025

The HMC Conference 2025 will take place for the first time as an in-person event in Cologne.
Barcamp Open Science

18. June 2025

The Barcamp Open Science is open to everybody interested in connecting with like-minded people embracing Open Science.
9th Library Congress in Bremen 2025

24 to 27 June 2025

The 9th Library Congress (also the 113th BiblioCon) will take place in Bremen under the motto #BibliothekenEntschlossenDemokratisch.
PIDs for Software

30. June 2025

The event will take place online.

Report published: 4th Helmholtz Open Science Forum on the NFDI - "Helmholtz Contributions to FAIRness and Data Quality"

The National Research Data Infrastructure (NFDI) has published a report entitled “Helmholtz Contributions to FAIRness and Data Quality”.
Publication: Modular reference model for the information budget

The DFG-funded Transform2Open project deals with library budgets, third-party funding and other sources of finance for information provision in the open access context under the heading of information…
Memorandum on the Open Access Transformation – English Translation Published

The position paper on the open access transformation in the Helmholtz Association, published in September 2024, is now also available in English.
107th Helmholtz Open Science Newsletter available

In this newsletter, we provide you with an overview of the most important developments in the field of Open Science.
Transparency in science: strategies for open information provision

With the participation of the Helmholtz Open Science Office, a report was published on a workshop offered jointly by the DFG projects Transform2Open and OA Datenpraxis.
Research Ethics in the age of AI: Embracing Openness as a Path Forward

This report provides an overview of the workshop "Research Ethics in the Age of AI," which addressed the ethical challenges and opportunities presented by generative AI (genAI) in research.

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…