PLoS Biology (Aug 2017)

Developing international open science collaborations: Funder reflections on the Open Science Prize.

  • Elizabeth Kittrie,
  • Audie A Atienza,
  • Robert Kiley,
  • David Carr,
  • Aki MacFarlane,
  • Vinay Pai,
  • Jennifer Couch,
  • Jared Bajkowski,
  • Joseph F Bonner,
  • Daniel Mietchen,
  • Philip E Bourne

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.2002617
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 15, no. 8
p. e2002617

Abstract

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The Open Science Prize was established with the following objectives: first, to encourage the crowdsourcing of open data to make breakthroughs that are of biomedical significance; second, to illustrate that funders can indeed work together when scientific interests are aligned; and finally, to encourage international collaboration between investigators with the intent of achieving important innovations that would not be possible otherwise. The process for running the competition and the successes and challenges that arose are presented.