Author: OPERAS Editorial Team
We are pleased to announce PRIME – Progressing the Research Infrastructure towards Maturity & ERIC Status, a new project that marks a decisive step in the consolidation of OPERAS as a European Research Infrastructure Consortium (ERIC).
Starting in the second half of 2026, ORE will enter a new pilot phase, operated by the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) and will be co-financed by a consortium of research funding and performing organisations, along with the European Commission. As part of this new phase, OPERAS Research Infrastructure will work in partnership with the ORE consortium to strengthen outreach and community engagement across Europe. OPERAS will contribute its expertise in multilingual, inclusive, and community-driven scholarly communication to help ensure that eligible researchers and institutions are aware of and able to benefit from the platform.
AEGIS-OA (Activate European Guidance and Incentives for Sustainable Open Access publishing), a new EU-funded project under the Horizon Europe research and innovation programme, officially kicked off on 19-20 March 2026 in Brussels. The project aims to strengthen a transparent, sustainable, and high-quality open access scholarly publishing ecosystem in Europe by building on and expanding the services of the European Diamond Capacity Hub (EDCH), a program hosted by OPERAS.
On the Week of the French Language and Francophonie (March 17-20), we are delighted to announce the publication of the FrenchScienceCommons corpus on Hugging Face. This open, structured corpus, entirely dedicated to scientific production...
English version French version English version We are pleased to welcome the French National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment (INRAE) as a new supporting member of the OPERAS community in 2026. As...
English version French version English version We are glad to welcome the Fondation Maison des Sciences de l’Homme (FMSH) as a new ordinary member of the OPERAS community in 2025. Founded in 1963, the...
English version Czech version English version We are glad to welcome Masaryk University, from the Czech Republic, as a new ordinary member of the OPERAS community in 2025. Masaryk University (MU) is a leading...
A Critical Juncture for Open Science, SSH, and Community-Led Infrastructure The European research landscape stands at a pivotal moment. The European Commission’s consultation for the European Research Area (ERA) Act, finalised on January 23rd,...
What if Europe’s next research framework could finally break science free from paywalls, profit-driven publishing, and foreign data dependence? On December 4, 2025, policymakers, researchers, and infrastructure builders gathered in Brussels to turn the...
We are glad to welcome KU Leuven Libraries as a new ordinary member of the OPERAS community in 2025. Founded in 1425, KU Leuven celebrates its 600th anniversary in 2025, making it one of...