Open Science

Looking for help on your Open Science journey?

Frequently asked Q&A

For practical support on code reproducibility, data management, open educational resources and much more, check out our FAQ !

Open Science Grants

Various entities offer funding for the development and maintenance of Open Science projects. Discover which opportunities may fit your needs.

Learn more

Explore open science in more depth with these fact sheets, policy documents and opinion pieces  !

Events

Submit an idea of how your research can help shape a better society!

15-09-202315-10-2023

Category: Call for proposal

CC-BY Open Access Week 2023

Open Access Week 2023

23-10-202329-10-2023

With: Guillaume Anciaux; Dimitri Van de Ville; EPFL Library Publishing Support Team
Place and room: EPFL Campus
Category: Conferences – Seminars

CC-BY-NC-SA

Optimizing your RDM (Research Data Management)

22-11-202322-11-2023

With: EPFL Library
Place and room: ELE 111
Category: Internal trainings

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Open Science Project showcase

Materials Cloud

MaterialsCloud is a virtual research environment for materials science, providing open access to data, software, and computational resources. It aims to accelerate the discovery and design of new materials.

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Scala Center

Scala Center is a non-profit organization established to advance the Scala programming language and its ecosystem. It focuses on education, research, and community development to promote the use of Scala in industry and academia.

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DeepLabCut

DeepLabCut is an open-source software tool for markerless tracking of body parts in 2D and 3D, primarily used in the field of animal behavior research. It allows for accurate and efficient tracking of multiple body parts in video data and deep learning-based image analysis.

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These are a few examples of successful EPFL projects. Find out more about Open Science projects on campus here.

News

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How do you manage code and research data? Fill our survey!

— How do you manage your data or code during your research projects? Your Master’s dissertations? What are your practices and needs? The EPFL Library is running a biannual survey to improve – or develop – relevant services to support your management of research data and code.

AI image generated with Midjourney by Noémie Mazaré, 2023

EPFL shapes Open Science: interactive events to consult the community

— A new series of interactive events to spark debate on Open Science-related matters.

© ACS, OUP, Springer Nature

Open Access: new transformative agreements with academic publishers

— In the framework of the Swiss national strategy on Open Access, three new transformative agreements Read & Publish have been signed by the Consortium of Swiss Academic Libraries with the publishers American Chemical Society (ACS), Oxford University Press (OUP) and Springer Nature. These agreements allow EPFL researchers to get access to the publisher’s portfolio and to publish Open Access free of charge, according to the conditions described below.

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