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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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, Online

The event will highlight the importance of PIDs in the context of software and show how they can make the scientific work process more transparent, networked and efficient.
2nd Conference on Research Data Infrastructure

26th to 28th August 2025 in Aachen

Abstracts can be submitted until 17th April 2025.

The main topics of the second Conference on Research Data Infrastructure (CoRDI) include technical and…
26. DINI Jahrestagung 2025 (German only)

08.-09. September 2025, Wilhelmshaven

The 26th annual conference of the Deutschen Initiative für Netzwerkinformation (DINI) will take place under the title “Panta Rhei - Information Infrastructures…
Open Science Fair

15th to 17th September at CERN in Geneva

This year’s OSFair will explore how diverse forms of collaboration can accelerate discovery, enhance knowledge accessibility, and create a more transparent…

109th 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.
Report published: 6th Helmholtz Open Research Software Forum: Software Quality Assurance at Helmholtz

The report of the 6th Helmholtz Open Research Software Forum has been published.
Report published: Workflow Optimization: A Handout for Efficient Open Access Processes.

The report of the DFG-funded Transform2Open project has been published.
108th 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.
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…

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…