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04/19/2024
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09/25/2025
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For information of researchers, it is possible to set up a Dataverse as an “Add-on”, to pull data into OSF, and to deposit from OSF into a Dataverse where you may have the necessary permissions. 

More information:

https://help.osf.io/article/684-verified-links

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09/23/2025
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From the Tri-Agency, updated 2025 Augues 18: 

The Tri-Agency Research Data Management (RDM) Policy requires that applicants to certain Tri-Agency funding opportunities submit data management plans (DMPs) with their applications. The Tri-Agency includes the three federal research funding agencies — the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC). The list below identifies funding opportunities that require DMPs. For recurring funding opportunities, the date refers to the competition when the DMP requirement was introduced. Additional funding opportunities may pilot DMPs and be added to this list in the future… 

Details: 

https://science.gc.ca/site/science/en/interagency-research-funding/policies-and-guidelines/research-data-management/funding-opportunities-requiring-data-management-plans

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09/23/2025
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From the Digital Research Alliance of Canada: 

Date: 2 October 2025 [@ 11:30 am Pacific]

In this webinar, we will briefly review what a data management plan (DMP) is and how it supports data management across the research lifecycle, the Tri-Agency Research Data Management Policy and related funding requirements, and the DMP Assistant platform. It will then focus on the Alliance Simplified Template and the newly published accompanying Rubric, which together help researchers meet DMP requirements. The session will be presented by James Doiron (University of Alberta), DMPEG Co-Chair.

Cost basis: Free to all

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09/02/2025
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Ask Me Anything: University Presses
30 September
Learn how university presses are using ORCID to support publishing workflows, organizational goals, and broader scholarly communication.
Register here

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08/15/2025
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The 14th OAI Workshop will take place online 10-14 November 2025. This event is a premier global event on Open Science. The theme of OAI14 is Open Science in a changing world.

Speakers and talks are added to the program continuously as soon as they are confirmed. Make sure to go to this page to get the latest info. - https://oai.events/oai14/. The registration form to register for the conference is also available here. Registration is free and open to anyone across the globe.

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08/15/2025
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From 16 to 18 October 2025, the 4th United Nations Open Science and Open Scholarship Conference will convene policymakers, IGO representatives, researchers, scholars, librarians, publishers, and civil society, both online and in person at the United Nations University (UNU) in Tokyo, Japan.

The Conference will serve as an urgent call to accelerate transformations in science and scholarship in alignment with the Pact for the Future, to map progress in national and international efforts towards opening the record of science, and to inspire collaborative actions and coalitions to expedite progress ensuring no country, community, or individual is left behind.

More information:
https://www.un.org/en/library/OS25

Registration:
https://www.un.org/en/library/OS25/registration

 

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07/31/2025
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Please note these upcoming learning opportunities featured in the Alliance Newsletter – July 2025:

Training opportunities 
Here is a selection of upcoming training events from our partners:  

Discover more training opportunities through Explora

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07/31/2025
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From the Alliance Newsletter – July 2025:

Presentation materials from RDM Jumpstart are now available online. This week-long workshop in May addressed the importance and main principles of research data management (RDM), while exploring the increase in RDM requirements by funders and publishers.

Presentation files are linked from each calendar event. 

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07/31/2025
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This post highlights and links to the What We Heard Report: Engagement on the data deposit requirement of the Tri-Agency Research Data Management Policy, released in July 2025.
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07/03/2025
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The guidelines are unanimous that AI tools cannot be listed as co-authors or take responsibility for the content. Authors remain fully responsible for verifying the accuracy, ethical use and integrity of all AI-influenced content. Routine assistance does not need citation, but any substantive AI-generated content must be clearly referenced.

Let’s unpack this a bit more…

Full post: 

https://theconversation.com/can-academics-use-ai-to-write-journal-papers-what-the-guidelines-say-258824

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