Research Experience for Undergraduates

Open science, as defined by the federal government, is the principle and practice of making research products and processes available to all, while respecting diverse cultures, maintaining security and privacy, and fostering collaborations, reproducibility, and equity (OSTI, 2023). Federal agencies named 2023 as the year of open science and are working to increase engagement with events and activities that advance the adoption of open science principals. Open science includes; open access publishing, open research data, and open research and methodologies. The goals behind open science are to increase the reproducibility, quality, impact, transparency, and evaluation of all research steps and products.

There are numerous resources available to learn more and participate in Open Science:

Year of Open Science Toolkit - Access materials that highlight and provide information about Open Science. 

Open Science Announcements from Federal Agencies - Explore how fourteen federal agencies are promoting and developing initiatives to increase Open Science.

Center for Open Science - Produces open-source products and services to achieve their mission of increasing openness, integrity, and reproducibility of research.

UNESCO - Learn more about global standards and a proposed international framework for open science.

Reference:

OSTI, Open Science Announcements from Federal Agencies. Science.gov Alliance. Retrieved February 21, 2023 from https://open.science.gov/