Swiss Academies of Arts and Sciences - 2025 National Prize for Open Research Data (ORD)

The Swiss Academies of Arts and Sciences are launching the 2025 National Prize for Open Research Data (ORD). This is part of the Action Plan "Open Research Data" implemented by the Academies as part of the National Strategy for ORD.
The project aims to celebrate research projects of individual researchers and research teams for innovative methods in the field of ORD and to promote the transition to open research practices.

Open Thematic Focus

The focus of this year’s call is intentionally open. The aim is to recognize research projects of individual researchers and research teams at different stages of academic careers from various research disciplines and/or data communities regarding open research data. This includes explicitly the development and curation of scientific outputs like original scientific research results, research data, software, hardware, source code, source materials, workflows and protocols, digital representations of pictorial and graphical materials and scholarly multimedia material that are openly licensed and dedicated to the public domain following appropriate technical standards (cf. UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science, 9, 2021).

Eligibility

• Before applying, please read carefully the Official Call and Regulations
• The project must be part of scientific work executed at a Swiss research institution
• Researchers from all career levels and scientific disciplines can apply
• Applications can be submitted via the online form

Funding and duration

The nature of the prize will be defined and announced at a later date.

For more information, visit the dedicated website or contact the USI Research Data Manager Dr. Igor Sarman.