Background
The purpose of these awards is to celebrate innovation, advocacy and good practice, whilst addressing and reflecting upon some of the issues and barriers faced by researchers who engage in open research. The scheme also continues to bring about long-term cultural change at the University by showcasing the work of our community and encouraging staff and students to engage in and discuss open research practice as it applies to their discipline.
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These awards have been organised in collaboration between the University Open Research Advocates, Operations and Strategy Groups, with support from Research England Enhancing Research Culture funding.
Submissions
The submission form is open from Monday 17 April 2023. All entries must be submitted using the form provided by the deadline of 12 noon on Monday 15 May 2023.
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All eligible entrants will receive a goody bag of York Open Research branded merchandise, subject to availability.
Judging process and criteria
Following the submissions deadline, eligible entries will be sent to the judging panel for consideration.
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Ed Kirby, Faculty Research Manager, Social Sciences (Social Sciences representative)
Emma Rand, Senior Lecturer, Department of Biology (Sciences representative)
Emma Sullivan, PhD Student, Psychology (ECR representative)
Jo Tozer, Research Manager, Archaeology (Arts and Humanities representative)
Prizes
This scheme is offering three ECR prizes of £500 for student or PGR-led projects (one from each academic faculty: Arts and Humanities, Sciences and Social Sciences) and a £1,000 prize for one submission from a research group. Additional prizes will be awarded for eligible projects at the discretion of the judging panel. As in previous years, attention will be given to especially creative or innovative submissions, or submissions from disciplines where engagement with open research is limited.
Prize money will be paid to the main entrant. Note that awards can only be paid to University of York employed staff or students. In accordance with Finance Department policy, staff will receive their prize money as a 'taxable incentive' via Payroll. Students will receive their prize money through Accounts Payable (non-taxable), unless the prize money is to be used to fund further work activities in which case they will need to be paid through Payroll (taxable via casual staff contracts).
Use of submissions as case studies
The Open Research Team would like to adapt any eligible submissions for inclusion in our Open Research in practice case studies series, where it can be used by others for training and advocacy purposes. This includes (but is not limited to) use on University web pages and resources (such as the Open Research Skills Framework), social media, internal communication channels, workshops and events. The Open Research Team will send entrants a draft case study to review and approve before publication. You will retain copyright ownership of your work in this format, and case studies will be made available under the terms of a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial (CC BY-NC) licence unless you object to this. Entrants may also wish to write their own case study for publication, or provide an overview of their work in another format such as a video presentation.
Rights and personal information
Entrants will retain ownership and intellectual property rights to their work, but the Open Research Team reserves the right to share the name(s), titles and summaries of eligible submissions on the University website, social media and internal communication channels for promotional purposes as part of the awards campaign. A public record of awardees and information about their projects and initiatives will be maintained on the Open Research in Practice wiki space.
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Submissions are entered at the individual’s own risk. The University is not responsible for any loss or damage (however caused) during the submission or awards process.
Contact
Any further questions can be emailed to the Open Research Team: lib-open-research@york.ac.uk