The National Repository Platform for Research Data (NRP) project has successfully passed a crucial evaluation and has been approved by the Evaluation Committee of the P JAC Managing Authority. After meeting the evaluators' and the committee's requirements, the project proposal will be ready for formal approval and allocation of funds for implementation. The project officially began on January 1, 2024, and has already undergone six months of intensive work.
"The evaluation was critical for the project's future. A potential negative assessment would have significantly impacted the entire EOSC initiative implementation process in the Czech Republic, potentially leading to substantial budget cuts or extensive modification requirements, at the very least delaying and complicating the implementation. The approval of the project's plans with only minimal demands for insignificant changes confirms the high quality of the prepared project and validates the timely commencement of the project," said Luděk Matyska, the principal investigator of the NRP project.
Given the successful evaluation, the project continues to be implemented according to the original plans, and the professional community can look forward to the results that will create a comprehensive foundation for broad collaboration in research data management.
In September, the EOSC EU Node announced the launch of its new Learning Center on OpenPlato. The platform currently offers training materials designed to help researchers understand and make better use of the EOSC EU Node — an online portal providing access to digital resources, tools, and services that support research and collaboration across Europe in line with the principles of Open Science and FAIR data.
In September 2025, Brno hosted the official kick-off of the EOSC United and EOSC Gravity projects. The joint launch brought together representatives of European institutions and national initiatives focused on research data and open science. Among the participants were Bob Jones, the project coordinator, and Luděk Matyska from the EOSC CZ Initiative, whom we asked about the EOSC United project's direction and the EOSC Federation's future.
