Working sessions – Recognising and Rewarding Open Science

Open Science practices are valuable for academics and society and to stimulate Open Science it is important to reward people for their Open Science efforts. These efforts will only become sustainable if they are supported by appropriate recognition and reward systems. The past years, the UM has been working on implementing the national Recognition and Rewards (R&R) program. Resources have been created and tools have been developed, but academics still struggle with applying R&R and assessing contributions to Open Science.

Clear guidance and examples are still emerging, and the system is in a transition phase, which means additional support and training can help those with R&R roles in their responsibilities.

The goal

This programme is mainly intended for supervisors or managers that are involved with the evaluation and development of academics and for staff with R&R responsibilities. Examples include P&D advisors, policy makers and committee members involved in promotion of academics.

Recognising and rewarding Open Science is not easy. This programme equips participants with the expertise and confidence to foster understanding of Open Science and to integrate it into career development practices, while applying R&R principles. This is done with a combination of training (e-learnings) and guided working sessions.

What will you learn?

In the e-learnings, you will work on the following goals:

• To understand the national and institutional R&R framework
• To identify key Open Science practices and how they contribute to impact, research quality, integrity, collaboration and reproducibility
• To understand how to evaluate Open Science in a responsible way
• To understand how appraisal talks can help in recognising and rewarding Open Science and which tools are available to support these talks
• To be aware of tools for evaluation and professional development

In the accompanying working sessions, we collaboratively explore how R&R and Open Science can take form in practice at UM. They are a space to explore cases, exchange experiences, identify dilemmas, and develop workable approaches for practice.

Target group

• Supervisors or managers involved in the evaluation and development of  academics
• Staff with R&R responsibilities. These could include advisors, policy makers and committee members involved in promotion of academics

Language

This training is organised in English. When all participants are Dutch, Dutch will be spoken. Slides are in English.

Time commitment

• 3 in-person sessions of 2 hours
• 1 intervision session of max 1 hour
• e-learnings that can be completed at own pace.

The estimated time investment is 14 hours total which are spread out over the course of several months.

Working session dates

Working session 1: 29 September 2026, 10:00 – 12:00 CET or 5 October 2026, 10:00 – 12:00 CET
Working session 2: 20 October 2026, 10:00 – 12:00 CET or 26 October 2026, 10:00 – 12:00 CET
Working session 3: 17 November 2026, 10:00 – 12:00 CET or 23 November 2026, 10:00 – 12:00 CET

Please note: the training consists of 3 sessions. Choose one date per session when registering. Registration takes place via SuccessFactors.
Instruction SuccessFactors:
1. Click on the View My Learning (Mijn Leeromgeving) icon under Quick Actions

2. Find the course by searching for “recognising” in the search field at the top of the page
3. Select the Program Recognising & Rewarding Open Science

4. In the tab Agenda, click on the button “Enroll”

5. Subsequently, sign up for the in-person working session dates you prefer (three in total).