Ouvrir la Science - Strong support for open science from higher education and research institutions in France

"The French Ministry of Higher Education and Research (MESR) has published the results of a survey among higher education and research institutions on their open science policies. 

The survey was led by the Committee for Open Science and was carried out from December 2023 to January 2024. A letter, signed by the General Director of Research and Innovation and the General Director of Higher Education and Professional Integration, invited all higher education and research institutions to respond. The survey aimed to better understand the open science policies of these institutions, as well as their opinions regarding the usefulness of the national open science policy. The latter was first defined in 2018, in the National Plan for Open Science. This plan was updated in 2021, with the adoption of the second National Plan for Open Science. The survey also aimed to identify the obstacles that, in the responding institutions’ eyes, hinder the progress of open science in France..."