Ireland's National Open Research Festival (NORFest) 2025 will be held on 6-7 November 2025 at the Royal Irish Academy, Dublin. This two-day event will...
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Ireland’s National Open Research Forum
Established in 2017 to guide and progress Open Research in Ireland, the National Open Research Forum (NORF) has developed national objectives and priorities for this key policy agenda, most recently through the National Action Plan for Open Research 2022–2030, published and delivered under Impact 2030: Ireland’s Research and Innovation Strategy.
NORF is funded by the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research and Innovation and Science (DFHERIS) through the Higher Education Authority (HEA). It is managed by the Digital Repository of Ireland (DRI), which is headquartered under the legal entity of the Royal Irish Academy (RIA).
National Open Research Festival
Ireland’s National Open Research Festival (NORFest) 2025 will take place on 6-7 November 2025 at the Royal Irish Academy, Dublin. This two-day event will spotlight global open science, cross-cutting policy agendas, and emerging themes in open research and innovation.
The keynote speaker for this event is Ms. Joy Owango, Founding Director of the Training Centre in Communication (TCC Africa). Ms. Owango is an award-winning leader and advocate for open science.
The 2025 festival will centre on the theme of ‘Synergies’, highlighting the interconnectedness of open research across national and international policy frameworks and research strategies.
Open Research Fund projects
In 2022, NORF awarded funding to six collaborative projects to implement priority actions in the National Action Plan for Open Research 2022-2030. In 2023, NORF awarded funding to a further 13 projects, four under the Strand I: Priority Actions funding call and nine under the Strand II: Open Research Stimulus funding call. By building national capacity and infrastructure for open research, these projects will support the visibility and impact of Irish research and help progress Ireland’s strategic goals for research and innovation under Impact 2030: Ireland’s Research and Innovation Strategy.
Spotlight
We are excited to announce the launch of a new national resource for the Responsible Use of Research Metrics (RURM). This module is available here.
NORF outputs
National Action Plan for Open Research, 2022-2030
(November 2022)
National Persistent Identifier (PID) Strategy and Roadmap
(October 2024)
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