Research into the practices and challenges of open science – 10 projects selected for funding following the ANR’s call for proposals
The context and major issues involved in the call for proposals ‘Recherche sur les pratiques et enjeux de la science ouverte’ (RESO, Research into the practices and issues of open science).
To increase the adoption of open science practices, the details of specific research practices of each scientific community must be taken into account. To identify the requirements and interest of these communities as regards open science practices and issues in a research context, the French National Research Agency (ANR) launched a call for expressions of interest in April 2023 which attracted a great deal of interest from French communities. Analysis of these proposals found there were very diverse expectations and requirements so the ANR launched a specific call for projects on the practices and issues of open science (RESO) which was open to all the scientific communities. This call invited researchers to adopt a reflective and critical approach to observing and studying their research practices in the context of open science. It also aimed to help feed into national and international thinking on open science.
The projects financed
10 projects received a total of €2,174,727 of funding.
The projects funded come from the humanities and social sciences, biology, information and communication sciences and clinical research:
- ETAPSS. “Studying the Anonymization of Publications in Social Sciences”. Coordinator: Guillaume GARCIA. Centre de données socio-politiques de Sciences Po Paris. https://anr.fr/Projet-ANR-24-RESO-0004
- FAIRwDDI. “Implementing the FAIR principles with the metadata standard Data Documentation Initiative (DDI)”. Coordinator: Alina DANCIU. Centre de données socio-politiques de Sciences Po Paris. https://anr.fr/Projet-ANR-24-RESO-0003
- OPEN IT. “Opening Publications for a New, Inclusive, and Transparent Publishing”. Coordinator: Abdelghani MADDI. GEMASS, CNRS.https://anr.fr/Projet-ANR-24-RESO-0001
- OSYR. “Open Science for Young Researchers”. Coordinator: Alicia LEON Y BARELLA. Université de Lille. https://anr.fr/Projet-ANR-24-RESO-0008
- PaRéDo SHS. “Data sharing and reuse in the humanities and social sciences”. Coordinator: Simon DUMAS-PRIMBAULT. Université Aix-Marseille. https://anr.fr/Projet-ANR-24-RESO-0002
- ROR². “Research on Research”. Coordinator: Cherifa BOUKACEM. Université Claude Bernard, Lyon 1. https://anr.fr/Projet-ANR-24-RESO-0005
- SODIO. “Applying open science to data from projects supported by national calls with societal impact”. Coordinator: Sabine SCHMIDT. Université de Bordeaux. https://anr.fr/Projet-ANR-24-RESO-0006
- SoSHS. “Open Science for Humanities and Social Sciences”. Coordinator: Hélène DELACOUR. Université de Lorraine. https://anr.fr/Projet-ANR-24-RESO-0007
- Embrace. “Evidence-Based Data Management and Sharing plans for randomised controlled trials and meta-analysis in clinical and preclinical research”. Coordinator: Florian Naudet. Université de Rennes.
- OPEN FUTURES. “Open science and the future researcher: multi-level analysis of the iGEM community-based open science ecosystem”. Coordinator: Ariel Lindner. INSERM.
The ANR promotes open science through other dedicated calls for projects or joining international calls for projects:
- Open Science Flash Call: Research practices and open data (2019)
- CHIST-ERA ERA-NET call on open and reusable research data and software (2022)
- CHIST-ERA ERA-NET call on multilingualism – ‘Science in your own language’ (2025). This call brings together 13 countries and was open until 15 April 2025.
Find out more: https://anr.fr/fr/lanr/engagements/la-science-ouverte/
