Open Science and Research Data

Introduction to Open Science: Webinar (UM)

Open Science is an international movement that aims to make scientific outputs (articles, data, code, methods) accessible to as many people as possible. Currently experiencing rapid growth, it is supported by numerous policies and institutions, both in France and around the world.  

This webinar aims to introduce you to the key principles of Open Science, as well as the context and challenges associated with it. We will also focus on research publications and data. This will enable you to understand and participate in this movement by producing science that is more ethical and more open.

• Resource type: webinar
• Educational institution: UM
• Target audience: researchers, faculty members, research support staff, and doctoral students
• Eligibility: Open to all EcoDoR members
• Status: active
• Last updated: 2025
• Keywords: open science
• Level: Beginner
• Format: Online
• Duration: 1 hour
• Language: French

Unleash Science: Serious Game (CIRAD)

This fair-play game comes with an add-on for the research data. 

• Resource type: activity
• Training institution: CIRAD
• Target audience: general public
• Eligibility for the training: any EcoDoR member
• Status: active
• Last updated: 2025
• Keywords: serious games
• Level: Beginner
• Format: In-person
• Frequency: occasional (CIRAD Day, events at research units, etc.)
• Duration: variable
• Language: French

OSCAR – Training and learning about all aspects of open science (INRAE)

Developing a data management plan, publishing open access, making data available, involving civil society actors in research projects… these are all essential practices for making science open and turning it into a public good. Because open science challenges, provokes, sometimes raises concerns, and often inspires… INRAE is opening its training programs to everyone!

• Resource type: self-paced learning
• Training institution: INRAE
• Target audience: researchers, faculty members, research support staff, and doctoral students
• Access to the training: available to all EcoDoR members on the Callisto platform
• Status: active
• Last updated: 2025
• Keywords: open science
• Level: Beginner
• Format: self-paced learning
• Language: French

For INRAE staff

For everyone

Highlights: Publications, Bibliography, and Research Data (CIRAD)

This training course provides participants with the fundamentals of research and open science in three areas: publications, bibliography creation, and research data.

• Resource type: training
• Training institution: CIRAD
• Target audience: the general public; however, the training is aimed at newcomers to CIRAD and students in master’s programs
• Access to the training: access restricted to CIRAD staff
• Status: active
• Last updated: 2025
• Keywords: open science – publication
• Level: Beginner
• Format: online (e-learning) or in-person
• Frequency: The e-learning component is available at all times on CIRAD's Moodle platform
• Duration: Online: The entire training session lasts 2 hours (15 minutes of which cover the research data)
• Duration: In-person: The full training session lasts 3 hours and 30 minutes (30 minutes of which cover the research data)
• Language: French

Outreach initiative: Open Science Mural (IRD)

A serious game played in groups of 7 to 8 players with a facilitator. Participants learn the concepts described on the game cards: they discuss, compare practices, and learn. 

• Resource type: workshop
• Educational institution: IRD
• Target audience: doctoral students, early-career researchers
• Access to the training: access restricted to IRD staff
• Status: active
• Last updated: 2025
• Keywords: open science
• Level: Beginner
• Format: In-person
• Duration: 3 hours
• Language: French

Introduction to Open Science at IRD

Gain a better understanding of the key concepts related to open science: its definition, motivations, and broader implications, as well as how these apply to the IRD: sustainability science. Cooperation with partners in the Global South.

• Resource type: self-paced learning
• Educational institution: IRD
• Target audience: general public
• Access to the training: access restricted to IRD staff
• Status: active
• Last updated: 2025
• Keywords: open science
• Level: Beginner
• Format: Online
• Frequency: continuous
• Duration: 90 minutes
• Language: French

Self-directed learning for doctoral students: Open Science, Open Access, and Research Data (UM)

Would you like to learn more about Open Science?

Would you like to understand the challenges of open access publishing and research data management?

Would you prefer to take a self-paced course and learn at your own pace? Sign up for this course!

The program consists of an Introduction to Open Science, which is a mandatory prerequisite, followed by two courses that can be taken independently: the course on Scholarly Publishing and Open Access, and the course on Research Data. 

• Resource type: self-paced learning
• Educational institution: UM
• Target audience: doctoral students
• Course access: access restricted to UM doctoral students
• Status: active
• Last updated: 2025
• Keywords: open science – Open Data – FAIR principles – data lifecycle – PGD – OPIDoR DMP – repositories – submission – distribution licenses – dissemination
• Level: Beginner
• Format: asynchronous online
• Frequency: 1 or 2 sessions per year
• Duration: 11 hours
• Language: French

OSCAR – Specialized Track for Operational Data Officers (INRAE)

This Open Science training course covers the same topics as the “OSCAR – Learn About and Understand All Aspects of Open Science” course, but is specifically designed for INRAE’s Operational Data Officers.

• Resource type: self-paced learning
• Training institution: INRAE
• Target audience: RDO
• Access to the training: access restricted to INRAE staff
• Status: active
• Last updated: 2025
• Keywords: open science
• Level: Beginner
• Format: self-paced learning
• Language: French