Open Research Prize 2022

Overview

The University of Bristol supports Open Research, in all its forms. As part of this, we have an annual Open Research Prize, open to submissions from all researchers (including postgraduate research students) in all disciplines across the university.

Prizes of £100 each are awarded in two categories:

Widening Reach – Demonstrates open research practices with wider reach potential, including re-use, improving public value and/or innovation.
Improving Quality – Demonstrates open research practices that increase the quality of study design and/or research findings.

The Open Research Prize applications are shortlisted by a panel of judges from across the University, and entries judged by their ability to demonstrate open research practices, as listed below.

Open Practices

using publication under an open license to disseminate research outputs (this may include a range of outputs – publications, data, software code, web resources, etc.);
disseminating research findings as a preprint, either independently of formal submission to a journal, or as part of a journal’s open peer review procedure;
providing an open peer review of a manuscripts submitted under a formal peer review process managed by a publisher;
creating a public preregistration of a study design, or publishing a study as a Registered Report (https://www.cos.io/our-services/registered-reports);
incorporating open and participatory methods in the design and conduct of research (e.g., using open notebook methods, running a ‘citizen science’ project, etc.);
introducing open research concepts and practices into teaching and learning at an undergraduate or postgraduate level;
creating new tools or technologies (e.g., code, apps) to facilitate open research (e.g., combining or repurposing datasets and other research outputs, or for mining content);
undertaking activities to develop the environment for open research (e.g. engaging in high-profile advocacy, participating in community initiatives, etc.);
publishing a data or software paper.

In addition, applicants must include:

their ORCiD on all applications;
evidence of FAIR data principles (where appropriate);
inclusion of Data Availability Statements in publications (where appropriate).

Open Research Prize 2022 winning entries

The Prize was open to submissions from all researchers (including postgraduate research students) in all disciplines across the University, in two prize categories:

Widening Reach Prize – Demonstrates open research practices with wider reach potential, including re-use, improving public value and/or innovation.
Improving Quality Prize – Demonstrates open research practices that increase the quality of study design and/or research findings.

An online event was held on 30th March, to showcase presentations from selected applicants, following which a prize voucher of £100 was awarded to each category's winning entry. The prize recipients were determined by a vote on the day, weighted against the decision of a small panel of judges.

Congratulations to all of the winners and runners-up of the first University of Bristol Open Research Prize, and thank you to all who took part.