Terms and Conditions for Open NCU – Open Source, Open Science
- The aim of the contest is to spark interest in NCU researchers in the open
science model.
- The contest is organized by the Nicolaus Copernicus University (NCU) under
the lead of the Institute of Physics (IP) at NCU in Toruń.
- The Contest Committee representing different research disciplines is raised
by the Project Leader (PL) in agreement with Rector’s Proxy for Scientific
Excellence.
- The contest description:
a. The purpose of this project is to assist researchers in developing research
projects, including payment for:
- Open access charges (OAC),
- Extended access to data storage services (DS).
b. Each applicant must be considered a young researcher (up to 7 years after
PhD, from the date of obtaining the title to the date of the application
submission). Publications supported in the contest must belong in scope to
mathematics, computer science, physics, chemistry or biology.
c. Publications in journals with 140 or more points according to the list of
scientific journals and peer-reviewed materials from international conferences
published by Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education will be given
priority.
d. Up to 6 grants in two calls will be awarded for OAC.
e. Up to 60 applications for DS for one year will be funded in a separate and
continuous call.
f. Applicants will be assessed by the Contest Committee from NCU which will
consider:
- If a given research article is close to acceptance,
- The quality of the aims, significance, research plan, and proposed
outcomes of the study undertaken in the style of the open science
model,
- Whether all the data used in the study is provided without any
restrictions,
- Transparency and reproducibility of the research.
- Important dates:
a. DS – continuous call starts 2 Dec 2019,
b. OAC – 1st call starts 2 Dec 2019, and ends 27 Feb 2020 (3 grants will be
awarded),
c. OAC – 2nd call starts 26 Mar 2020, and ends 20 Apr 2020 (3 grants will be
awarded).
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Acquiring funding in the contest:
a. The application form is provided at https://open-ncu.github.io/apply,
b. The application form must be filled in English,
c. In the application form, the candidate must include his/her contact name,
project’s name, email address, department and a brief explanation,
d. Additionally, by filling and sending the application form, the candidate
agrees to the following statement:
“I am willing to participate in the contest Open NCU – Open Source, Open
Science. I hereby inform that I read the Terms and Conditions of the
contest and that I agree for processing my personal data solely for the
purpose of the of the contest, and in case of acquiring the funding, I agree
that my first and last name will be published in the public ranking list
that will be published at project’s website.”
The contest winners have to agree that their name will be published at the
website https://open-ncu.github.io, as well as that after they agree to
participate in the project, their personal data will be processed for the
purposes of the contest (according to the Act of August 29, 1997 on the
Protection of Personal Data; entire text: Dz. U. from 2002 Nr 101, position
926 with changes).
- Participation in the project:
a. During the publication process of research funded by the project, each
participant is obliged to include the following statement in acknowledgment:
“Publication fees were (partially) funded by the Polish National Agency for
Academic Exchange under a project name Open NCU.”
- Revocation:
a. It is possible to disagree with the decision of the Contest Committee in a
written form within one week from the announcement of the contest results.
Such a revocation must be supported by arguments that could convince the
Contest Committee to change its decision.
b. The decision of the Contest Committee after revocation is considered final.
- The organizer is allowed to change the rules and regulations as long as it
will not worsen the terms and conditions of the participants.
- Questions concerning the contest can be send to jr@fizyka.umk.pl.
The terms and conditions were approved by:
The project leader, Dr Jakub Rydzewski