News

12 Dec 2025

The EOSC Association has three new directors

During its 12th General Assembly, held online on 10 December 2025, the EOSC Association elected three new Board Directors: Enrique Bernal-Delgado (Spain), Antje Keppler (Germany), and Jessica Lindvall (Sweden). The new members will take up their roles on 1 January 2026 and will lead key agendas shaping the future of the European open science ecosystem.

Long Live Research Data: The National EOSC CZ 2025 Conference Brought the Latest Topics in Research Data Management and Sharing to Ostrava

More than 100 research data experts gathered in Ostrava for the EOSC CZ Conference. The programme offered keynote talks, panel discussions and hands-on workshops. The event opened with Tomáš Kozubek from IT4Innovations, who presented the latest updates from the national supercomputing centre.

18 Nov 2025

Artificial intelligence should carry Europe’s ethical DNA, experts said in Copenhagen. Is it realistic?

“Welcome to the real world,” opened the moderator of the AI in Science Summit 2025, held in Copenhagen on 3–4 November 2025 as a fully in-person event. “I hope your bodies remember that you were actually here,” he joked, setting the tone for a discussion that blended politics, science, and moral dilemmas — at a time when Europe is searching for its own path in artificial intelligence.

11 Nov 2025

EOSC Symposium 2025: Another Milestone for the EOSC Federation

In early November, Brussels hosted the EOSC Symposium 2025, one of Europe’s key annual events dedicated to the future of open science and research data management.

11 Nov 2025

Open calls to grow the EOSC Federation

Three new European open calls have been launched to support the growth of the EOSC Federation and the integration of new nodes and services into Europe’s open science infrastructure. The calls differ in their focus and type of support — from the enrolment of new EOSC Nodes to preparatory grants and projects expanding the range of services within existing nodes. The deadline for all three calls is 18 February 2026. Interested applicants can join a series of informative webinars 13, 18 and 20 November 2025, which will explain the details of the calls and provide guidance for the application process.

24 Oct 2025

ESFRI Shapes the Future of European Research Infrastructures and Strengthens Links with EOSC

The European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures (ESFRI) met in Copenhagen in October to discuss the preparation of the new ESFRI Roadmap 2026 and the role of research infrastructures in the emerging European strategy for technological development. Delegates agreed that research infrastructures are key providers of high-quality services and data — and an essential driver of the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC).

24 Oct 2025

New Educational Portal of the EOSC EU Node

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.

22 Oct 2025

EOSC United: The path towards a unified EOSC Federation and the Czech contribution to the project

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.

22 Oct 2025

For Open Science to Work, It Must Become a Natural Part of Everyday Research

In early October, another EOSC CZ Networking meeting took place in Ostrava, where we spoke with Professor Jan Platoš, the new Vice-Rector for Science, Research and Doctoral Studies at VSB – Technical University of Ostrava. In the interview, he explains why proper data management is key to quality research and how the university supports the development of data stewards and open science.

20 Oct 2025

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 2025

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 2025

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 2025

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 2025

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 2025

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 2025

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.