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Open Science

Explore 28 projects in the Open Science category of the Civic Tech Field Guide.

28 projects

Code for Science & Society

Advancing the power of data to improve the social and economic lives of all people

Gathering for Open Science Hardware (GOSH)

"...Open source hardware gives people the freedom to control their technology while sharing knowledge and encouraging commerce through the open exchange of designs."

Vilsquare

Vilsquare strives to achieve digital transformation in different communities across Nigeria and all Africa, through use of open science technologies and methodologies

Nigeria
2018

NASA Space Apps Challenge

NASA is launching the Space Apps Challenge. A hackathon to encourage to encourage anyone with an interest in space and science to address real-world challenges.

2026

Civic Engagement Microgrant Program

The Microgrant program provides funding for STEM graduate students, professional students (medical, dental, nursing, pharmacy, etc.), and postdocs who want to create projects that build policy, communications, and program management skills and are aimed at building dialogue with public officials, community leaders, and community members around issues of common interest.ย 

Arlington, VA

ORCID

ORCID provides a persistent digital identifier (an ORCID iD) that you own and control, and that distinguishes you from every other researcher.

https://zenodo.org/ActiveOpen-source

Zenodo

The OpenAIRE project, in the vanguard of the open access and open data movements in Europe was commissioned by the EC to support their nascent Open Data policy by providing a catch-all repository for European Commission funded research.

Europe
2013
Github

Source Cooperative

Source allows trusted organizations and individuals to publish data of any kind at any scale without needing to build or maintain their own infrastructure.

Washington, DC

Digital Credentials Commons

We are building an infrastructure for digital academic credentials that can support the education systems of the future.

Quality education