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Open science and transparency practices are hot topics in the scholarly research and scientific community and in the media at large. For media inquiries, contact: pr@cos.io.
Center for Open Science Internship Program Leads to Eight New Hires
Sep. 14, 2016 For three consecutive years, the Center for Open Science has hosted a remarkable summer intern program, and we’d like to announce another successful year for the program. Interns...
Center for Open Science Announces Technology Collaboration with Overleaf
Aug. 31, 2016 The Center for Open Science (COS), a non-profit science and technology company, today announced a new collaboration with Overleaf, a leading online Rich Text and LaTeX...
New Research Contest Announced to Study the 2016 Election
Aug. 30, 2016 How can scholars study politics most effectively? The Election Research Preacceptance Competition is an innovative initiative that will test a new approach to conducting and...
The Center for Open Science receives $7.5 million in additional funding from the Laura and John Arnold Foundation
May. 16, 2016 The Center for Open Science (COS) has been awarded an additional $7.5 million in funding from the Laura and John Arnold Foundation (LJAF). This two-year grant provides operating...
Badges acknowledging open practices dramatically increase data sharing
May. 12, 2016 A very simple intervention increased rates of data sharing at a major psychology journal more than ten-fold observed a team of researchers in a paper published today in PLOS...
The Center for Open Science and the University of Notre Dame Partner to Advance Technologies That Support Long-Term Solutions for Open Science Initiatives
Jan. 26, 2016 The Center for Open Science (COS) is pleased to announce a multi-year partnership with the University of Notre Dame to support long-term solutions for open science by integrating...
The Center for Open Science Announces Collaboration with the Busara Center for Behavioral Economics
Jan. 15, 2016 The Center for Open Science (COS), a non-profit science and technology company, today announced a new collaboration with the Busara Center for Behavioral Economics (Busara), a...
The Center for Open Science Announces the Launch of the $1,000,000 Preregistration Challenge
Jan. 5, 2016 The Preregistration Challenge, a new competition announced today by the Center for Open Science (COS), incentivizes transparent research by awarding 1,000 researchers with $1,000...
Center for Open Science Announces Partnership with Virginia Tech's Laboratory for Interdisciplinary Statistical Analysis to Improve Research Practices in Africa
Dec. 10, 2015 10 December 2015 | Charlottesville, VA and Blacksburg, VA The Center for Open Science (COS) and the Laboratory for Interdisciplinary Statistical Analysis (LISA) at Virginia Tech...
Center for Open Science and protocols.io Announce Collaboration
Dec. 3, 2015 The Center for Open Science (COS) and protocols.io announce a collaborative partnership to collectively promote transparency and reproducibility in life sciences research. The...
Center for Open Science and The Center for Scientific Integrity Announce Partnership
Nov. 24, 2015 The Center for Open Science (COS) and The Center For Scientific Integrity (CSI), the parent organization of Retraction Watch, announce a technology partnership to collaborate on...
Center for Open Science and Time-Sharing Experiments for the Social Sciences Announce Partnership
Nov. 5, 2015 The Center for Open Science (COS) is pleased to announce that it has partnered with Time-Sharing for the Social Sciences (TESS), an organization that funds research and performs...

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