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Open Science, PhD policy & training, academic culture, Human Resource & ethical review
Amsterdam Neuroscience is the research institute for neuroscience of the three knowledge institutes: Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and University of Amsterdam. Therefore, Amsterdam Neuroscience aligns its strategic plans and policy guidelines with the overall strategy of these three organizations. For Open Science, PhD policy, academic culture and team science, Human Resources, diversity and inclusion policy or ethical review, Amsterdam Neuroscience gives consent to policies of its universities and the affiliated university medical centers.
Open Science The international Open Science movement aims to implement a new approach to the scientific process based on cooperative work and sharing of knowledge. In this context, research data and other research processes are freely available, under terms that enable reuse, redistribution and reproduction of the research and its underlying data and methods. Open Science improves trust among researchers as others can verify research findings, it promotes the reuse of research data, it is associated with more attention and higher citation rates, and it promotes building of new collaborations. As part of Open Science, Amsterdam UMC encourages Open Access (OA) publishing and the reuse of data for future research by other groups. Over the past few years, OA deals have been made with publishers and journals that enable Amsterdam UMC researchers to publish their articles OA at discount rates (up to 100%).
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Support and information regarding OA publishing is provided by the Medical Library for location AMC and by the UBVU for location VUmc. For the reuse of data, it is a prerequisite that research data is stored in a FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Re-usable) way. The Research data management department can facilitate the creation of FAIR datasets by providing researchers tools for and support with drawing up Data Management Plans. Amsterdam UMC researchers can use various open data repositories (e.g., Figshare for location AMC and DANS for location VUmc) to share and openly publish their research FAIR data sets. Support regarding storage and archiving is provided by the Research Data Management Helpdesk or the Medical Library for location AMC, and the Research Data Management Department or the UBVU for location VUmc.
PhD policy and training As a PhD degree is obtained at a university, distinct doctorate regulations apply for the University of Amsterdam (location AMC) and the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (location VUmc). In Amsterdam UMC location AMC, PhD support is centralized and provided by the Doctoral School, and for PhD candidates at location VUmc, PhD support is provided by both the involved research institute and by the Doctoral School . Support services entail; information provision, administration, PhD education- and training program and support and advice. All processes relating to the PhD trajectory, from enrolment to thesis submission, are administered using the registration system Doctor at location AMC, or by the involved research institute (in collaboration with the office of the dean) using the registration system Hora Finita at location VUmc.
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