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Last chance to nominate for 2024 Aalto University Open Science Award

Aalto University wishes to celebrate the remarkable work of Aalto community members who promote open science in their research or teaching. In addition to teaching and research, this can be done by setting an example and supporting other Aalto community members in the field of open science.
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Nominate yourself, your colleague, a research group, a department, or a project as the receiver of the 2024 Aalto University Open Science Award. Please, use the submission form to explain how you or your nominee has promoted open science. The deadline for submissions is 3.12.2024.

The nominations will be assessed by the Research Steering Group at the end of the year.

In addition to recognition and visibility, the winner of the award will get the opportunity to showcase their work in a short-form video that will be published online. For reference of the style, see: Video 1 and Video 2. The video will be created during spring 2025 in collaboration with the awardee. Please note that the winner needs to allocate some time for the creation of the video during spring 2025. The video will be premiered at a casual award ceremony event in the spring.

The winner is also offered a possibility to give an online presentation as a part of the Training in Research Data Management and Open Science in spring 2025.

If you have any questions, please contact [email protected].
 

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Read about last year's winners

Aalto Open Science Award ceremony brought together Aaltonians to discuss open science

Last week we gathered at A Grid to celebrate the awardees of the Aalto Open Science Award 2023 and discuss open science matters with the Aalto community.

Professor Riikka Puurunen, Professor Patrick Rinke and IT Application Owner Lara Ejtehadian holding sunflowers and diplomas

Aalto Open Science Award Winner 2023 – Aalto Materials Digitalization Platform (AMAD)

We interviewed the AMAD team, winners of the first Aalto Open Science Award.

Lara Ejtehadian, Patrick Rinke, and Ilari Lähteenmäki sitting with coffee mugs and smiling to the camera.

Aalto Open Science Award Honorary Mention 2023 – Professor Riikka Puurunen leads by example to foster sustainable open science

We interviewed professor Riikka Puurunen, head of Catalysis research group at the School of Chemical Engineering, who received an honorary mention in the first Aalto Open Science Award.

Professor Riikka Puurunen, Catalysis Research group, Aalto Open Science Award, Honorary mention

Aalto Open Science Award Third Place Awardee 2023 – Intelligent Robotics Research Group with the Robotic Manipulation of Deformable Objects project

We interviewed the Intelligent Robotics Research Group with the Robotic Manipulation of Deformable Objects project, 3rd place awardees of the first Aalto Open Science Award.

Two of the awardees and their robotic arm all holding colorful mugs. Aalto Open Science Award, Honorary mention.

Open Science resources at Aalto University

Open science and research

The principle of openness is the key principle of science and research. At Aalto University, the most visible forms of open science are open access publications, open research data and metadata, and combining openness and commercialisation.

IT portfolio management

Research Data Management (RDM) and Open Science

Properly managed research data creates competitive edge and is an important part of a high-quality research process. Here you will find links to support, services and instructions for research data management.

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Training in Research Data Management and Open Science

We offer free and open to all training in research data management and open science.

RDM & Open Science Training

Data Agents

Data Agents are researchers who work to improve data management in their department, school, or unit.

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