Open Research Community Accelerator (ORCA)

Open Scholarship Catalytic Awards Program — Open Research Community Accelerator The Open Research Community Accelerator (ORCA), with generous support from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, is pleased to launch the Open Scholarship Catalytic Awards Program.  The program aims to...

ORCA Catalytic Awards Program - Deadline Approaching!

Awards of ≤$15k to support #OpenScience, #OpenData, & other practices promoting transparency, reproducibility, community engagement, & collaboration.

📅 Deadline: 12/1/25
🔗 Learn more: orcaopen.org/work/cap

Proyecto abreLA: Expresión de interés El proyecto titulado 'Acelerando la investigación biomédica en América Latina a través de la educación experiencial abierta y la capacitación del personal docente' está financiado por la Chan Zuckerbe...

🧠 Seminario virtual sobre @abreLA (Accelerating Biomedical Research in Latin America)
💡 abreLA ofrece capacitación para integrar prácticas y estrategias de #CienciaAbierta en cursos universitarios.

Organiza: @orca-open.bsky.social
📅 18/11, 15 h (UTC-3)
🔗 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

ABRIR team led by the amazing @alelazic.bsky.social developed workshop plan that aims to strenghten DEI in #OpenScience- by reversing who gets to teach and who learns. We’re getting ready to pilot it! Special thanks to @orca-open.bsky.social for financial support.

Interested in advancing #OpenScience #OpenData #OpenSource #OpenAccess? Affiliated with a traditionally under-resourced US institution? Apply for a $15k Catalytic Award!

📆Informational webinar November 18 at noon ET
📋Register here: bit.ly/4nxempj
🔎Program details: www.orcaopen.org/work/cap

Want to learn about practical innovations in responsible research assessment in the US? 🇺🇸
Join us online on Nov 20, 1pm ET, to hear about innovations in tenure, open peer review training, and the Modernizing Academic Appointment and Advancement (MA3) Challenge!
Register 👉 bit.ly/RRA-innovati...

Let’s discuss how open, collaborative approaches can advance discovery for the public good. #OpenScience #OpenData #OpenSource

Thanks to @schmidtsciences.bsky.social for supporting this work!

The free webinar to explore real-world case studies + insights from:

Philip Bourne, University of Virginia
Akhila Kosaraju, Phare Bio
@jenny-molloy.bsky.social, University of Cambridge
Julieta Arancio, ORCA

🗓 Nov 12, 2025 | 🕙 10–11 ET/16–17 CET
📍 Online (Zoom) — bit.ly/471zIoD
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🚀 @orca-open.bsky.social is thrilled to share a new analysis on how #OpenScience, #OpenSource, and #OpenData fuel innovation, power AI breakthroughs, and drive societal progress.

📖Read the report: zenodo.org/records/1687...
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Informational session this Thursday! $15k awards for #OpenScience #OpenData #OpenSource #OpenScholareship projects. Register for webinar here: bit.ly/4o2VlvC

🚀 #OpenScience champions at under-resourced U.S. institutions — join our @orca-open.bsky.social Catalytic Awards Info Session!

💡 This call offers up to $15K for open, engaged & collaborative research
📅 Oct 16 • 11 AM PT
🔗 Register and bring all your questions: bit.ly/4o2VlvC

Thanks for the opportunity to discuss our efforts to modernize academic appointment & advancement, @retractionwatch.com! #ResearchAssessment #OpenScience

Open Scholarship Catalytic Awards Program — Open Research Community Accelerator The Open Research Community Accelerator (ORCA), with generous support from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, is pleased to launch the Open Scholarship Catalytic Awards Program.  The program aims to...

🚀 Applications are OPEN for the 2nd round of the ORCA Catalytic Awards!

With support from the @chanzuckerberg.bsky.social ORCA is offering $15,000 per project to grow a culture of #OpenScience #OpenScholarship at traditionally under-resourced U.S. institutions.

🔗 Learn more: orcaopen.org/work/cap

Interested in updating US academic hiring and promotion to better recognize #OpenScience #TeamScience #CivicScience & more? Please join us for this informational session next week!

Thank you for the support and thought leadership, @danafoundation.bsky.social !

*correction - @aspeninstitute.bsky.social , not @asterainstitute.bsky.social . But we love collaborating with them, too!

Modernizing Academic Appointment & Advancement

📅 Proposals due: Jan 8, 2026

🔗 Learn more, register for information sessions, and apply: www.ma3challenge.org

It’s time to modernize academic advancement systems so they reflect the values institutions champion. Join us! (5/5)

🏆 Awards:

– Up to six $250K grants for institution-wide reforms
– Up to six $50K grants for department/center-level reforms

Winners also join a community of practice to share insights & accelerate change across higher ed. (4/5)

We’re especially interested in #ResearchAssessment proposals that elevate:

- #OpenScience
- #PublicEngagement
- #CivicScience
- #TeamScience
- Diverse contributions to knowledge

(3/5)

Backed by @moorefound.bsky.social, @danafoundation.bsky.social, Rita Allen Foundation, & Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the MA3 Challenge seeks bold reforms to build more collaborative, responsive, & transparent academic reward systems. (2/5)

🚀 $1.5M Modernizing Academic Appointment and Advancement (MA3) Challenge is live!

@orca-open.bsky.social, alongside the American Academy of Arts and Sciences & @asterainstitute.bsky.social, is calling on US colleges, universities, & departments to reimagine hiring, promotion, & tenure. (1/5)

@orca-open.bsky.social is excited to be leading the "Tools & training to implement values-based assessment in academic evaluations" workstream at the Responsible Research in Action 2025 Unconference. Join us by registering here: rr-in-action2025.org/booking-info...

#OpenScience #ResearchAssessment

Pleased to be leading a workshop on Promoting Values-Based Academic Evaluation at the the Responsible Research in Action conference. Please join us! rr-in-action2025.org/registration...

Excited to share our first paper from the abreLA project, funded by @chanzuckerberg.bsky.social ‬and run by @orca-open.bsky.social. "Improving biomedical education in Latin America through open science hardware: A case study of one medical school in Mexico" #OpenScience doi.org/10.31219/osf...

Very pleased to collaborate with @doughertyorama.bsky.social and Caitlin Carter on this! #OpenScience

Open Scholarship Catalytic Awards Program — Open Research Community Accelerator The Open Research Community Accelerator (ORCA), with generous support from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, is pleased to launch the Open Scholarship Catalytic Awards Program.  The program aims to...

Thrilled to share 1st round of Open Scholarship Catalytic Awards! 🌱🏆 18 projects from non-R1, minority-serving & under-resourced US institutions. These projects are expanding what #OpenResearch #OpenData #OpenSource #OER & #CommunityScience can be.

Meet the awardees: www.orcaopen.org/work/cap

🎉 Exciting news! The Neuro–Cooper Open Science Prizes are now open! 🏆
Whether you’re a neuroscience researcher, a trainee, or part of a larger team pushing Open Science forward, this is your moment to shine. 🌟
📎 Learn more, apply, or join our info session on June 18: at.theneuro.ca/cooperprizes

Opportunities in Open Science, Metascience, and Artificial Intelligence | Center for Security and Emerging Technology This new report summarizes a March 2025 workshop hosted by CSET and ORCA, with support from NSF. The workshop brought together more than 30 experts to discuss advancing open science and metascience, a...

@orca-open.bsky.social partnered w/ Georgetown's @csetgeorgetown.bsky.social to host the "Opportunities in Open Science, Metascience, & Artificial Intelligence" workshop. Read more about the research ?'s & opportunities for collaboration surfaced at the mtg: cset.georgetown.edu/publication/...

Advancing Open Science Hardware: Opportunities and Challenges in US Government Procurement

#OpenScience Hardware in Govt Procurement: OSH cuts costs & drives innovation—but outdated policies block progress. New @wilsoncenter.org & @openenvirodata.bsky.social report by @euniceml.bsky.social of @orca-open.bsky.social suggests solutions: bit.ly/447Upzd #OpenHardware #OpenSource

Advancing Open Science Hardware: Opportunities and Challenges in US Government Procurement

#OpenScience Hardware in Govt Procurement: OSH cuts costs & drives innovation—but outdated policies block progress. New @wilsoncenter.org & @openenvirodata.bsky.social report by @euniceml.bsky.social of @orca-open.bsky.social suggests solutions: bit.ly/447Upzd #OpenHardware #OpenSource

The Open Science Fair 2025 Call for Contributions is now open! Share your insights, projects & innovations in #OpenScience.

Submit your proposal and be part of the conversation!

Apply now: www.opensciencefair.eu/2025/call-fo...

Join #OSFair2025 at @cern.bsky.social on 15-17 September!