Blog Category: ASAPbio news

Last month, the US NIH released a Request for Information (RFI) for feedback on its planned implementation of last year’s White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) directive to make all US federally-funded research immediately publ... Below, we share ASAPbio’s response to the NIH RFI and opportunities for you to get involved in writing your own.

We are pleased to announce the winners of the ASAPbio competition ‘Make your negative result a preprint winner’, which aimed to highlight the value of sharing negative and inconclusive scientific results via preprints. We know that science advances through a persistent exploration of research questions and approaches, and that this brings with it the fact that some results will not confirm the original hypothesis and that methods will often require troubleshooting.

Preprints help to improve the overall quality, integrity and reproducibility of research outputs, as highlighted in UNESCO’s recommendations on open science. Preprint adoption is increasing across scientific disciplines and geographies thanks to the involvement of multiple players, including researchers, publishers, institutions, societies, and funders.

ASAPbio hosts a global community and we regularly organize online events and activities for audiences across the world. At the same time, we recognize that in-person interactions can be invaluable for developing new relationships and the deeper engagement needed for change in science communication.

ASAPbio is thrilled to join the Transform to Open Science (TOPS) initiative, a NASA project “designed to rapidly transform agencies, organizations, and communities to an inclusive culture of open science.” TOPS is also part of US White House’s ...  Quoting the TOPS website, the initiative’s four goals are to: ASAPbio’s 2023 roadmap is already aligned with several Year of Open Science Goals, but we will focus in particular on #3, to “develop a plan or pilot a program to reward and ac...

Are you new to preprints and want to learn more about their use? Have you been wondering what the buzz is about preprint review?