News and Events

Events

August–June

Research Data Management: Introductory Course

Abroad Training ENG

The National Science Centre Poland (a member of EOSC-A) has launched a free introductory online course focused on research data management to support early-career researchers. The course emphasizes practical skills and covers topics such as open science, the FAIR principles, DMP preparation, working with repositories, legal aspects and open licenses, PIDs, metadata, and more. The course is available until 30 June 2026, and participants who successfully complete the assessments can receive a certificate.

27 Oct

TTRAMatrix 1.00 open feedback session

11:00 AM – 12:30 PM Abroad ENG

The FIDELIS project is opening a discussion on the new version of TTRAM 1.00 – a tool for evaluating the transparency and trustworthiness of digital repositories within the EOSC. Join the open feedback session, where you can share your experiences and help shape the future of this tool. The event is intended for digital repository administrators, data stewards, researchers, and anyone interested in trustworthy FAIR data services.

29–31 Oct

Nordic Workshop on Bibliometrics and Research Policy 2025

12:00 PM – 3:00 PM Conference Abroad ENG

Over the course of three days you will have the opportunity to engage with experts from a variety of fields, including bibliometrics, research policy and library & information science. The aim of the workshop is to integrate bibliometric research with research policy, showcase the latest bibliometric research from the Nordic region and beyond, and strengthen connections between bibliometric research groups and their PhD students.

3–5 Nov

EOSC Symposium 2025

8:00 AM – 6:00 PM Conference Abroad ENG

Please mark your calendars for the EOSC Symposium 2025, the largest and most in-demand event on the EOSC calendar. Organised by the EOSC Association for the second consecutive year, the Symposium will take place 03-05 November in Brussels.

10–12 Nov

Open Science Week 2025

8:00 AM – 6:00 PM Conference CZ

Three days full of inspiration, sharing of experiences and practical examples focused on open science, research data management, open access, citizen science and legal aspects of open science. You can look forward to expert talks, lively discussions and networking that will bring together scientists, PhD students, librarians, project support, data stewards and all other friends of open science.

19 Nov

Prepare your team for effective data management (plans)

10:00 AM – 12:30 PM Training ENG

This seminar will explore practical ways to strengthen team engagement and prepare for funder requirements such as data management plans. We will also discuss how fostering good data management practices can benefit managers, supervisors, and principal investigators (PIs) by creating efficient, transparent research environments that save both time and resources.

News

20 Oct

TEHDAS2: Health Data as a Key to Innovation. Representatives of Masaryk University Among Experts at the International EHDS Meeting

At the international meeting TEHDAS2 – Health Data Policy into Practice, held on 9 October 2025, Zdenka Dudová, lead of the Sensitive Data working group within the EOSC CZ initiative, represented the Czech community. She is involved in preparing methodological guidelines and technical specifications for the implementation of the European Health Data Space (EHDS).

14 Oct

EOSC CZ Networking in Silesia: One Region, Three Universities, Shared Challenges

On 7 October 2025, the EOSC CZ initiative organised a regional networking meeting at the VSB – Technical University of Ostrava (VSB-TUO), bringing together representatives from three Silesian universities – the Silesian University in Opava (SU), the University of Ostrava (OU), and VSB-TUO.

13 Oct

Meeting of Data Stewards in Prague: Community, Empathy and European Collaboration

On Thursday, 25 September 2025, nearly 80 experts in research data management – data stewards – gathered at the National Technical Library in Prague. The event, co-organised by the EOSC CZ initiative, provided a space for sharing experiences, networking, exchanging best practices, and hearing inspiring presentations from colleagues from Poland and Germany.

22 Sep

Sharing dead ends makes sense, says Helena Reichlová in an interview about open data, international collaboration, and the future of spintronics.

Helena Reichlová, head of the Dioscuri Center for Spin-Caloritronics and Magnonics at the Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, discusses the challenges and opportunities of modern experimental research. She talks about the importance of international collaboration, interdisciplinary teams, and sharing scientific data.

22 Sep

EOSC CZ Networking at the Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences Brings New Energy and Inspiration

On September 3, 2025, another stop of the EOSC CZ Networking series took place at the SOLID21 building of the Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences (FZU), this time with representatives of FZU and the secretaries of EOSC CZ working groups. The event focused on sharing, discovering, and meaningful networking.

16 Sep

Call for Candidates for three Directors of the EOSC Association

A call for candidates for three Director positions is hereby launched for the 2025 elections, which will take place during the 12th General Assembly of the EOSC Association (GA#12). GA#12 is an online meeting to be held on the afternoon of 10 December 2025, and elections will take place via an online voting procedure.

15 Aug

CCMM 1.0 is here! What is it and what does it mean for research data management?

Version 1.0 of the Czech Core Metadata Model for Research Data (CCMM) has been released – the core metadata model for describing research data within the National Data Infrastructure.

8 Jul

Open Science is Currently in a Phoenix Phase, Having Swept Through Research Institutions

Scientific research in an interdisciplinary environment brings many challenges, especially in terms of data availability and management. In an interview with Associate Professor Hana Tomášková we discussed how open science operates in the Czech Republic today, where it encounters the biggest obstacles, and why data management is sometimes more challenging than it seems.

7 Jul

A New Take on Open Science Meetings: Innovative Concept from Masaryk University

On June 25, Masaryk University hosted its 6th annual university-wide workshop focused on the latest developments in open science, FAIR data, and the presentation of European Open Science Cloud (EOSC CZ) tools and services in the Czech Republic.