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The National Open Science Influencer Award for 2025 was given to Anne Sunikka
The Coordination for Open Science and Research awards annual open science prizes.
The Coordination for Open Science and Research awards annual open science prices. The Open Science Influencer Award for 2025 was given to Anne Sunikka, the team leader of the Research Services' Open Science and ACRIS team.
The award criteria mentioned "Long-term and diverse promotion of open science at Aalto University, as well as constructive and active participation in expert and working groups for open science, especially in the areas of open data and organizational culture."
The award criteria also praised the open science and research data management webinar series organized by Aalto University, which is open to all. The lecturers of the webinar series include members of the open science and research network (data agents, Research Software Engineers, lawyers, as well as experts from ITS and the OSA team).
The program for the spring 2026 webinar series has been published: Training in Research Data Management and Open Science | Aalto University
Read Anne's interview on avointiede.fi (in Finnish only): Avoin tiede kehittyy vahvassa yhteistyössä | Avoin tiede
Open science and research
The principle of openness is the key principle of science and research. At Aalto University, the most visible forms of open science are open access publications, open research data and metadata, and combining openness and commercialisation.
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Comment on Finnish national Open Science policy
The National Open Science and Research Coordination invites comments from the scientific community on two Open Science policies.
R2B funding
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International educational project at Aalto University funded by the TFK Programme
The Bio-Design for Low Carbon Architecture (Bio-LCArch) project is a collaborative initiative between Aalto University in Finland and Beijing Jiaotong University in China, geared toward demonstrating how bio-based materials can facilitate the construction industry's transition to net-zero emissions.