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It is time to say farewell!
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Dear friends and colleagues,
Welcome to the final edition of the ORION Open Science newsletter. September marked the official end of the project and I would like to use this opportunity to reflect on the achievements and lessons learned during the past 4,5 years.
The ORION journey started in May 2017 in Barcelona, when we gathered project partners from across Europe to brainstorm on the project's evolution and cook tapas together. This cooking experience reflects the approach we have taken throughout the project as we have actively explored different ways of embedding Open Science and Responsible Research and Innovatioon, RRI, in institutions and organisations across Europe through co-creation, collaboration and experimentation.
We have been very lucky to be working with experienced colleagues in the Czech Republic, Germany, Italy, Spain, Sweden and the UK learning from each other's knowledge and expertise in training, science engagement, citizen science and life science research. We are also very grateful for the support and recognition that we have had from you, the subscribers of our newsletter and members of the wider ORION Open Science community.
Many methodologies have been developed and tested throughout the ORION project ranging from citizen science, gamification, public dialogues and science & art collaborations to training, podcasts, funding and award mechanisms. ORION leaves behind an impressive collection of resources that package the learnings gained throughout the project and make them openly and freely available for anyone to reuse. In the Inspiring stories booklet you’ll find a compilation of stories, which capture the "EUREKA moment", highlighting successes and learnings from activities conducted during the ORION Open Science project. And the journey continues as our project partners implement action plans to further embed Open Science into their own institutions too. You can find links to all of these below.
Finally, I would like to thank everyone who has been a part of this project, members of the Steering Committee, partners, stakeholders, participants in training and engagement activities, whether directly or indirectly. I hope that the friendship and partnerships forged during the lifetime of the ORION Open Science project will evolve into new exciting collaborations and constellations. Enjoy our final newsletter, and stay in touch!
Let’s put Open Science into practice!
Yours,
Michela Bertero
Coordinator ORION Open Science
Head of the International and Scientific Affairs Office
Centre for Genomic Regulation
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Top down and bottom up: highlights from the ORION virtual final conference
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The final conference of the ORION Open Science project was held on 27-28 September and wrapped up all the activities, insights and opinions from a very fruitful 4,5 years. The conference provided an opportunity to review ORION’s achievements and share key lessons and experiences to help others put open science into practice too. More than 100 delegates participated each day of the conference and 22 international speakers contributed to make the event a true success. You can view any parts of the final conference or access a summary of the event on our website.
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During the ORION project we have explored different ways of engaging citizens, researchers and stakeholders in science. The ORION inspiring stories capture the "EUREKA moment" in the different activities and achievements. The stories cover different engagement and Open Science aspects: citizen science, co-creation, public dialogues, public engagement, RRI, science communication and training. Each story showcases examples on the impact, in some cases the attitude change, and the positive effect that the ORION activity has had on a person, a process, an organisation and even a country.
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Training materials on Open Science and RRI
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Many researchers and funding bodies are aware of the concepts of Open Science and Responsible Research and Innovation, RRI, but going from awareness to actual application in daily research activities is a big leap. For many, taking this step seems impossible due to the real or perceived constraints of basic research or funding policies. To lower the threshold for application, we have provided training in Open Science and RRI concepts and tools across Europe, and shown how these can be applied in fundamental research as well as funding processes and decisions. All our training materials are open and free for anyone to reuse.
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ORION podcasts on Open Science
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The ORION Open Science Podcast started as a way to communicate with new audiences. For science to be open, information has to be accessible, and taking advantage of this unique audio medium was too good an opportunity to pass up. The podcast officially launched with episode one in 2019 and the last one in 2021, amounting to a total of 44 sessions all available on Podbean. The podcast hosts Luiza Bengtsson and Zoe Ingram, have had deep dive discussions with experts on a wide variety of topics related to Open Science.
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Open Science MOOC for the Life Sciences
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The ORION MOOC is an introduction to Open Science principles in biomedicine, life sciences and other related research fields. It is intended to help scientists to share their research with the world more effectively. Six easily digestible modules explore different aspects of Open Science: data management, FAIR data, open access and publishing, science communication as well as public engagement and include interactive elements and multimedia content. You can follow this free self-paced MOOC course on the Open Learn Create platform.
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Action plans on Open Science
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One key objective of the ORION project was to foster institutional changes in Open Science at research perfoming organisations, RFPOs, through co-creation experiments with multiple stakeholders, which can last beyond the ORION lifetime. The six participating RFPOs: Babraham Institute, CEITEC, Centre for Genomic Regulation, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, JCMM and MDC have prepared tailored action plans to embed Open Science and RRI in their organisations. The plans have been elaborated engaging high management in the organisations to ensure institutional commitment and resources for their implementation. They focus on different dimensions of Open Science, depending on the institution's priorities – from open access to publications, open data, research integrity, and EDI (equality, diversity and inclusion) aspects, to stakeholder and public engagement, incorporating the lessons learnt in ORION.
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Game on! Genigma and Virus Fighter
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Gamification can be an innovative and fun way to engage specific audiences in complex issues and spur interest in science. Help the researchers at the Centre for Genomic Regulation to discover genomic alterations in cancer cells by playing the Genigma game and become a genome explorer. Or try out different strategies to stop viruses from spreading by playing the Virus Fighter game developed by Babraham Institute. Game on!
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Meet the team behind ORION Open Science
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Behind every successful project stands a team of dedicated and experienced people. Find out more about the members of the ORION Open Science team and the different partner institutions in Czech Republic, Germany, Italy, Spain, Sweden and UK. Get in touch with us if you would like to know more about the ORION project and how we put Open Science into practice.
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About ORION Open Science
The EU-funded ORION Open Science project (1 May 2017- 30 September 2021) aimed to explore ways in which research performing and research funding organisations in life sciences and biomedicine can open up the way they fund, organise and do research. Throughout the project we have explored new ways of embedding Open Science principles in the research process and have involved citizens, policy makers and researchers in co-creation experiments, public dialogues, training and citizen science projects. All project results and materials are available on the ORION project website.
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