“The University of Maryland is rewarding faculty members in the department of psychology who perform and disseminate research in accordance with open science practices. In April, the department adopted new guidelines that explicitly codify open science as a core criteria in tenure and promotion review….”
Only this sentence is OA: “Presidents of 65 top-ranked institutions embark on joint quest to create shared research culture through tenure and promotion practices.”
On March 31, 2022, presidents and high-level presidential representatives from 65 colleges and universities participated in the first convening of the Higher Education Leadership Initiative for Open Scholarship (HELIOS). HELIOS emerges from the work of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s Roundtable on Aligning Incentives for Open Science. Current members collectively represent 1.8 million students, faculty, and staff. The key outcome of the meeting was a clear commitment to collective action to advance open scholarship.
In a push to make scholarly outputs more transparent and beneficial to a broader community, leaders from a diverse array of 65 U.S. colleges and universities are joining forces to advance the principles and practices of open scholarship. The partnership will ensure that as many students, faculty, practitioners, policy makers, and community members as possible have access to, and a voice in, research and scholarship.
The Open Research Funders Group is pleased to announce that Caitlin Carter has joined the organization as the inaugural Higher Education Leadership Initiative for Open Scholarship (HELIOS) Project Coordinator. In her new role, Caitlin will operationalize HELIOS, an ambitious effort to align higher education practices and incentives with open research values.
“The Project Coordinator will be responsible for operationalizing the HELIOS concept. This includes, but is not limited to, the following activities:
Coordinating project management activities, resources, and scheduling
Creating and maintaining comprehensive project documentation, plans and reports
Managing regular communications and updates within the HELIOS membership
Organizing, planning, and managing community building events for HELIOS members, the wider Roundtable community, and others in the research ecosystem committed to (or interested in) open scholarship
Cultivating and coordinating grassroots activities within the HELIOS community to improve understanding and adoption of open scholarship activities and incentives
Breaking projects into doable actions and set timeframes
Liaising with HELIOS members to identify and define requirements, scope and objectives
Acting as the first point of contact and communicating project status to HELIOS…”