TU Dublin at OS Trails Kick Off Meeting
Logo of OSTrails
TU Dublin staff attended OSTrails meeting.
TU Dublin along with the other five Irish technological universities, is delighted to be involved in OSTrails. OSTrails is a 3-year Horizon Europe project, coordinated by OpenAIRE, that aims to set the necessary foundations to streamline FAIR assessment and machine actionability in the European Open Science Cloud by enhancing and connecting the Planning, Tracking, Assessing phases of research. On 5-6 February 2024, the project embarked on an Open Science Trails journey.
Data Management Plans (DMPs) play a crucial role in research, outlining researchers' intentions and supporting them in following best practices while staying organised. While DMPs prove valuable, assessing them at scale is challenging and achieving a standardised approach for interpreting FAIR principles remains a significant hurdle.
The consortium builds on the technical expertise, managed services and research communities of 38 partners representing 22 Research Performing Organisations (RPOs) and the 5 Science Clusters. Recognising that there is no one-size-fits-all, at the cornerstone of OSTrails are 24 pilots that will co-create, implement, validate, and adopt results in diverse national and thematic research ecosystems. TU Dublin is leading the Irish national pilot which will involve the implementation of the Argos data management planning tool across the five technological universities to track and better understand open science activities across the five technological universities.
The kick off meeting welcomed more than 65 in person and 100 online participants unveiling the collective interest and urge for convergence on these topics. The two-day event in Athens marked the official launch of OSTrails, and provided the opportunity for the whole consortium to get together and plan for the first year focusing on immediate deliverables.