Opening up scientific information in Horizon 2020 David Guedj Senior Policy Officer European Commission DG Communications Networks, Content and Technology (CONNECT) - Digital Science Unit Strategic Open Access Seminar Aarhus, 27 october 2014 - The broader context: Open Science - Open access: general approach - Open access to publications in Horizon 2020 - Open Research Data Pilot in Horizon 2020 Outline Open (Digital) Science is … The process of transforming, opening up and democratising science and research through ICT, with the objective of making science more efficient, and transparent, changing the interaction between science and society, and enabling broader societal impact and open innovation. Open Science: building blocks Collaborative and multidisciplinary Accessible & re-usable Participatory Focus on societal benefits OPEN  TRUSTED O P E N  B O R D E R L E S SOPEN  TRANSPARENT OPEN  ENGAGING E-infrastructures (e.g. for big data) -i f ( . . f i ) Open access to research results & processes lt Citizen engagement, citizen science, crowdsourcing i i , i i i , i Evidence-based policy making / Global Systems Science i - li i / l l i Open Science: Challenges • No access limitations • Virtual Research Environments • From isolated examples to research methods • New ways of funding research • Alternative publishing models • Research data standards, open metadata • Text and Data-mining • Alternative metrics for science and research • Link science and society in policy decisions • Societal data deluge and data-intensive modellingAccompany a change in culture ! for researchers, research organisations and industry Open Science: EC-level action July - September 2014: Public consultation "Science 2.0: Science in Transition" October - December 2014: Multi-stakeholder workshops on consultation findings (themes: research careers, peer review, science and society relations, altmetrics) 2015: Open Science Conference in Brussels (TBC) 2015-16: Towards a Communication on the transformation of science? Why open access? Goal: optimise the impact of publicly-funded research and innovation Expected impacts of opening up scientific information: – Better science (build on previous results) – More efficient science (avoid duplication & promote re-use) – Economic growth (accelerated and open innovation) – Improved transparency (involving citizens & society) How? – Open up scientific information resulting from EU-funded research (Horizon 2020) – Work with Member States to encourage co-ordination of policies ( Network of National Points of Reference) Political basis: Scientific information package (Communication & Recommendation to MS) and ERA Communication, July 2012 Open access to what scientific information? 1. Scientific publications: Open Access (OA): online access at no charge to the user Two main OA publishing business models – Self-archiving: deposit of manuscripts & immediate/delayed OA provided by author ("Green OA") – OA publishing: costs covered & immediate OA provided by publisher ("Gold OA") 2. Research Data: Open Research Data (ORD): data that can be accessed, mined, exploited, reproduced and disseminated – free of charge for any user Scientific information: increasingly blurred boundaries - Scientific publications … are data – Text is data (text and datamining) – Underlying research data - Research data can be published (data publications) Open Access to Publications OA to publications in H2020: mandate – Each beneficiary must ensure OA to all peer-reviewed scientific publications relating to its results – Deposit a machine-readable copy in a repository (possibly OpenAIRE compliant) – Ensure OA on publication or at the latest within 6 months (12 for SSH) – New: Aim to deposit at the same time the research data needed to validate the results ("underlying data") – New: Ensure OA to the bibliographic metadata that identify the deposited publication, via the repository Routes towards OA: – OA publishing/gold and self-archiving/green considered valid and complementary routes – Always deposit into a repository (also in the case of gold OA) Costs for OA publishing: – Eligibility of OA publishing costs during the grant (as in FP7) – Piloting a mechanism for open access publishing after the end of the grant agreement (call EINFRA-2-2014 – eInfrastructure for Open Access) Licencing: – Encourage authors to retain their copyright and to grant adequate licences to publishers (e.g. Creative Commons) OA to publications mandate: other issues Open Access to Research Data New: Pilot on Open Research Data in Horizon 2020: - Scope of the Pilot? - What data is covered? - What about data management? - What are the requirements? - When can actions opt out? Pilot on Open Research Data: Scope Areas of the 2014-2015 Work Programme participating in the Open Research Data Pilot are: – Future and Emerging Technologies (FET) – Research infrastructures – part e-Infrastructures – Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies – Information and Communication Technologies (LEIT-ICT) – Societal Challenge: Secure, Clean and Efficient Energy – part Smart cities and communities – Societal Challenge: Climate Action, Environment, Resource Efficiency and Raw materials – except raw materials – Societal Challenge: Europe in a changing world – inclusive, innovative and reflective Societies – Science with and for Society Actions in other areas can participate on a voluntary basis! Types of data concerned: – Data (including associated metadata) needed to validate the results presented in scientific publications ("underlying data") – Other data (including associated metadata) as specified in a data management plan (DMP) Pilot on Open Research Data: What data? What about data management? – New focus on Data management in H2020 – All proposers to submit general information on data management - evaluated under criterion 'Impact' – Data Management Plans (DMPs) mandatory for all actions participating in the Pilot (deliverable within the first six months) – Other projects invited to submit a DMP if relevant for their planned research – DMP questions (template: Data Management Guidelines): ● What data will be collected or generated? ● What standards will be used and how will metadata be generated? ● What data will be exploited? What data will be shared /made open? ● How will data be curated and preserved? Beneficiaries participating in the Pilot will: – Deposit a) underlying and b) "other data" as specified in the DMP into a research data repository of their choice – Take measures to make it possible to access, mine, exploit, reproduce and disseminate free of charge (using e.g. Creative Commons licences) – Provide information about tools and instruments at the disposal of the beneficiaries and necessary for validating the results (where possible, provide the tools and instruments themselves) – Note: Actions participating in the Pilot are not obliged to make all datasets open (details described in DMP) Pilot on Open Research Data: requirements? Actions may opt out of the Pilot on Open Research Data in Horizon 2020 in a series of cases (submission stage): – If the project will not generate / collect any data – In case of conflict with the obligation to protect results – In case of conflict with confidentiality obligations – In case of conflict with (national) security obligations – In case of Conflict with rules on protection of personal data – If the achievement of the action’s main objective would be jeopardised by making specific parts of the research data openly accessible Pilot on Open Research Data: opting out ORD Pilot: first numbers – Preliminary! – Basis: 3054 Horizon 2020 proposals 442 of 1824 in scope proposals opt out (24.2%) 334 of 1230 not in scope proposals participate on a voluntary basis (27.2%) – More analysis needed: e.g. reasons for opt-out and voluntary opt-in ORD Pilot: a chance to co-shape policy – Opening up research data: the new frontier – Ambitious, yet pragmatic design: broad scope, opt-out, voluntary participation possible – Pilot is flexible; numerous safegards in place – Need to collect and analyse many and varied experiences – Uptake of and experiences with the Pilot will be monitored – Support & monitoring to be developed – Participating in the Pilot means co-shaping European policy on opening up research data … in the next Framework Programme! Thank you! david.guedj@ec.europa.eu http://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/en/science-and-technology/digital-science http://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/en/open-access-scientific-knowledge-0 http://ec.europa.eu/research/science-society/open_access Guidelines on OA to Scientific Publications and Research Data in Horizon 2020: http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/data/ref/h2020/grants_manual/hi/oa_pilot/h2020 -hi-oa-pilot-guide_en.pdf Guidelines on Data Management in Horizon 2020: http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/data/ref/h2020/grants_manual/hi/oa_pilot/h2020 -hi-oa-data-mgt_en.pdf Opening up scientific information in Horizon 2020