This network, composed of staff from research units, shared services, and central administrative offices, is tasked with supporting and promoting the open and transparent dissemination of research. This role is strategic, technical, and educational in nature.
Its main missions and services
| Mission | Services Offered |
|---|---|
| Inform, Share & Promote |
News, resources, monitoring, regulatory updates, calls for proposals, events, and institutional initiatives Feedback, best practices, tools, templates, procedures, and reusable resources Have liaison members capable of disseminating information and best practices within their units Promote the initiatives, projects, expertise, and best practices developed in the laboratories |
| Supporting One Another, Training, & Providing Guidance |
Identify challenges encountered in the field and relay them to the relevant departments and bodies Enable members to ask questions, find a point of contact, or access expertise Workshops, webinars, short training sessions, and tool demonstrations Refer members to the appropriate services for HAL, research data, DMPs, copyright, licenses, identifiers, open access publishing, etc. |
| Experiment & Co-create |
Collectively test new tools, methods, and services related to Open Science Involve the community in the design of new Open Science services and initiatives |
| Evaluate | Take Open Science into account in research evaluation (through the initiatives of CoARA France and the measures implemented at amU: www.coara.fr |
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Open Access Week 2026
To markOpen Access Week 2026, with the theme “The Cost of Knowledge,”
check out the program and resources for these events
Researchers, faculty members, doctoral students, research support staff, professionals in scientific information, publishing, and data… Open Science concerns us all!
Training and Support Initiatives
The SCD, in collaboration with the Doctoral Education Office (DFD), offers training for doctoral students on best practices in research data management as part of their dissertations; training sessions on Research Data Management Plans (RDPs) for recipients of funded projects (ANR, Amidex, Marie Curie, ERC, H2020, etc.); workshops on how to use the “DMP OPIDOR” tool; individual meetings to review research data management plans (RDMPs) throughout the research project; and individualized or group support at the research unit level upon request.