Center for Open Science

Eye tracking comes with a distinct layer of technical infrastructure that is often underreported and not fully captured in other preregistration templates.

Libby Jenke and Nicolette Sullivan developed the Eye Tracking Preregistration Template to fill that gap. Now available on the OSF, this template guides researchers through the technical decisions that precede data collection—making those choices visible before a single data point is recorded.

👁 Read our Q&A: https://www.cos.io/blog/introducing-the-eye-tracking-preregistration-template-qa-with-libby-jenke-and-nicolette-sullivan

New on the COS blog: What does it take to build a collaborative "push-button" reproducible manuscript?

Principal Research Scientist Noah Haber shares how the SCORE project developed a collaborative reproducible manuscript workflow, walks through two different approaches, and introduces an open-source R package created from that work.

⚙️ Read more: https://www.cos.io/blog/toward-collaborative-reproducible-manuscripts

Building resilient research data infrastructure is a community effort. COS is working with a committee of experts through the Coalition for Resilient Research Data Infrastructure (CRRDI) to develop a strategic plan for strengthening federally funded research data infrastructure.

We want to hear from you! The draft plan is open to public comment until Sept 30.

📣 Read our announcement to access the draft, give feedback, and register for our draft launch webinar on Aug 7.
https://www.cos.io/blog/announcing-the-coalition-for-resilient-research-data-infrastructure-crrdi-strategic-plan

📌 Introducing the Metascience Bulletin Board—a new community resource from the Metascience Alliance.

Share funding opportunities, job openings, calls for collaborators, events, and more with the broader metascience community beyond your existing network.

Learn more: https://www.cos.io/blog/introducing-the-metascience-bulletin-board

📅 Save the date! The Tanenbaum Open Science Institute (TOSI) and the Center for Open Science (COS) have partnered to bring the Metascience 2027 conference to Montreal, Canada on June 14–16, 2027.

Metascience 2027 is a global gathering for knowledge sharing, community building, and opportunities to define a roadmap of research and intervention priorities to improve science.

https://www.cos.io/blog/save-the-date-metascience-2027-set-for-montreal

⚠️ OSF Notice: We're experiencing temporary service interruptions that are affecting some OSF features and functionality. You can monitor the status here: https://status.cos.io/

If you continue to experience an issue once all services are operational, please email support@osf.io with details of the issue (including screenshots/error messages). We apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your patience while we work to resolve this.

COS defines 'lifecycle open science' as research with publicly accessible plans, outputs, and outcomes that are linked and findable. When those elements are connected, the work is easier for others to evaluate, reuse, and build on

Rodrigo Reyes Cordova studies how political identity shapes public trust in science. His research record links the preregistered plan, data, scripts, and publication—giving a clearer basis for understanding, checking, and trusting his work

https://www.cos.io/blog/lifecycle-open-science-in-action-researcher-qa-with-rodrigo-cordova

Open science has grown from a niche movement to an increasingly established part of research. Open infrastructure has matured, and practices like data sharing are more widely adopted. As open science has evolved, so has COS.

On our blog, Executive Director Brian Nosek discusses how COS's strategy has evolved to support the growth of lifecycle open science and evaluating the effectiveness of open science to accelerate knowledge production.

https://www.cos.io/blog/cos-mission-and-strategy-evolution

🚀 2026 Big Team Science Conference
October 6-8 on Zoom

This conference convenes researchers, funders, and stakeholders to discuss advancements, challenges, and opportunities related to big team science.

Featured sessions include leaders of COS's Systematizing Confidence in Open Research Evidence (SCORE) project and the Collaborative Replication & Education Project (CREP) as well as a live recording of the Research as it Happens podcast.

Register or submit an abstract: https://bigteamscienceconference.github.io/

📢 COS submitted a public comment opposing several proposed revisions in the White House Office of Management & Budget’s proposed Regulation for Federal Financial Assistance. We join 300+ orgs requesting an extension to the comment period, citing the scope, complexity, and impact of the proposed rule. This request has yet to be granted, and the comment period closes July 13, 2026.

On our blog, we share why we weighed in, our concerns, and how you can add your voice.

https://www.cos.io/blog/what-ombs-proposed-grantmaking-revisions-could-mean-for-research-integrity

With the release of our 2026–2028 Strategic Plan, COS is focusing its next phase of work on advancing Lifecycle Open Science, ensuring that research plans, data, materials, code, and outcomes remain openly connected and reusable over time. We are pleased to welcome Chris Bourg (MIT) and Marcus Munafò (University of Bath) to the COS Board of Directors at this pivotal time.

🎉 https://www.cos.io/about/news/center-for-open-science-welcomes-chris-bourg-and-marcus-munafo-board-of-directors

🗞️ A recent editorial in The Guardian draws on findings from the SCORE program to examine how replication results are interpreted, and the importance of weighing findings against a broader body of evidence in policy contexts.

“Not every failed replication signals a crisis... Results that don’t consistently replicate should be weighed against a wider evidence base when guiding policy.”

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/15/the-guardian-view-on-social-science-research-embracing-uncertainty

Now available on the OSF as part of a growing collection of preregistration resources, the new EEG and ERP Methods template guides researchers through every stage of ERP study planning—encouraging transparency, rigor, and thoughtful planning.

In our Q&A, two of the template's creators share what motivated its development, and how it can help researchers at all career stages plan studies more carefully and move toward a culture of “fewer studies, but better”.

📖: https://www.cos.io/blog/introducing-the-eeg-and-erp-methods-template-qa-with-gisela-govaart-and-antonio-schettino

Tune in to Science Friday at 2 PM ET today to hear COS Senior Director of Research Tim Errington discuss findings from the SCORE project—a large-scale research initiative designed to improve the assessment of scientific credibility in the social and behavioral sciences.

🎙️ https://www.sciencefriday.com/episodes/april-10-2026/

Forbes covered the recently published SCORE findings on research repeatability and credibility—a large-scale effort spanning 3,900 claims across the social and behavioral sciences, and 865 collaborators: https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaeltnietzel/2026/04/04/only-about-half-of-social-science-results-can-be-replicated-finds-new-study/

🔎 Explore the SCORE findings and related materials at: cos.io/score

New on the Generalist Repository Ecosystem Initiative (GREI) blog: highlights from the Streamlining Data Sharing webinar series, featuring practical guidance and tools, real-world user stories, solutions to common data sharing challenges, and more!

📖 @blog-grei@medium.com

The 2025 COS Impact Report is now live! From open infrastructure to research initiatives, policy engagement, and global partnerships, see what COS accomplished over the past year to advance transparent, rigorous, and accessible research.

🔍 Check out the report: https://www.cos.io/impact

Research output is growing faster than the systems used to evaluate it. The Predicting Replicability Challenge invites teams to use automated approaches to predict whether research findings will hold up when replicated—testing whether these methods can help assess research claims at scale. In Round 2, all teams outperformed the baseline model—an improvement over Round 1.

Read about Round 2 results & how to participate in the final round, which launches April 22!
https://www.cos.io/blog/predicting-replicability-challenge-round-2-results

Join our upcoming webinar on July 23rd at 12:30 PM ET. Crystal Lewis, a data management expert with over 10 years of experience in education research, will discuss her open access book, "Data Management in Large-Scale Education Research," and share valuable insights for both newcomers and experienced data managers.

Don't miss this opportunity and register today: https://cos-io.zoom.us/webinar/register/7517195001319/WN_VDeBZ1iySS6zBav4ClaJUw

Are you at #ALAAC24? Make sure to stop by and visit us at booth #1950!

Join us on July 19, 2024, at 12:00 pm ET for a free virtual webinar hosted by the Center for Open Science (COS) and the University of Virginia (UVA) Thriving Youth in a Digital Environment (TYDE). This event will highlight methodologies to advance understanding of the relationships between social media engagement and youth mental health. Register today: https://cos-io.zoom.us/webinar/register/9117193448720/WN_QDzZLC4VTCqTgM9aQgqphA

Join our upcoming webinar! OSF Essentials: How to Use PIDs on the OSF
July 30
Persistent identifiers (PIDs) are like digital fingerprints for researchers, institutions, and research outputs. This webinar will explore how OSF helps create connections between related PIDs across the research ecosystem.
💻 Register: https://cos-io.zoom.us/webinar/register/5617805962515/WN_YFe-BlBOSNa56zUmn3YzQA
ℹ️ Prep with our PID Help Guide: https://help.osf.io/article/615-persistent-identifiers-pids
📅 More COS webinars: https://www.cos.io/events/osf

• OSF Institutions: Branded, SSO-enabled research management, ROR affiliation and FAIR data sharing for your institution's researchers
• OSF Registries: A dedicated registry for your organization's OSF registrations, preregistrations, scoping and systematic reviews
• OSF Branded Preprints: A preprint server tailored to your discipline, institution, or society
• Group Training: Open scholarship training for research teams, graduate students, and staff

When research directly informs clinical care, transparency carries practical consequences. Rigorous documentation and open practices help findings stand up to scrutiny and support translation into practice. In our latest researcher Q&A, research scientist and biostatistician Alisha Bruton shares how she integrates open science into her workflow, navigates data sharing in collaborative research, and applies FAIR principles to help make research findable and reusable.

💡 https://www.cos.io/blog/qa-with-alisha-bruton-open-science-in-integrative-medicine-research

Update from the Metascience Alliance: A synthesis of input gathered so far is now available. It reflects back what’s been heard and highlights five emerging themes to guide next steps and upcoming activities.

📝 Read the synthesis: https://www.cos.io/hubfs/Metascience%20Alliance_Synthesis%20Final%20V2.pdf

💡 Interested in helping shape what comes next? Learn how to get involved: cos.io/metascience-alliance

The National Cancer Institute is hosting NCI Data Jamboree: Enhancing Data Sharing and Utility to Advance Cancer Research, November 16–18, 2026, in Rockville, MD.

The event brings together researchers, postdocs, graduate students, and citizen scientists, patients, and advocates to collaborate and solve specific problems using cancer research datasets. In-person preferred; virtual and hybrid teams allowed.

Registration and project submission deadline: July 27, 2026
💬 https://events.cancer.gov/nci/datajamboree

The Foresight Institute published a report identifying ten technologies and ideas that have high potential to improve the world, but are undervalued and underfunded—including open science networks:

"Open science networks would build infrastructure for cross-institutional coordination"
📝 Read more: https://www.existentialhope.com/hyper-entities

Last fall, COS announced a new initiative to systematically evaluate how well large language model (LLM) agents can perform and reason through the scientific research lifecycle. The first active phase of this work has produced ReplicatorBench, a benchmark for evaluating LLM agents on research replication in the social and behavioral sciences.

⚖️ Read more on our blog: https://www.cos.io/blog/benchmarking-llm-agents-on-scientific-tasks-introducing-replicatorbench

[New date] 📋 TOP 101: An Overview of the Transparency & Openness Promotion Guidelines
April 1, 11 AM ET

The TOP policy framework provides recommendations for journals, research funders, universities, and researchers about practices that can increase the verifiability of empirical research claims. This webinar will offer an overview of TOP, including how its tiered, modular structure is applicable in diverse contexts.

💡 Sign up: https://cos-io.zoom.us/webinar/register/1217731651010/WN_TumonWSyRIWU_l8RiZRA-g

In a recent COS webinar, funding organizations Stiftelsen Dam and the Focused Ultrasound Foundation shared how they're using the TOP Guidelines to align open science policies with the realities of their research communities. Check out our latest blog post for key takeaways, and download the accompanying quick-reference guide for funders.

🏦 https://www.cos.io/blog/demystifying-open-science-policy-for-funders

Reproducibility is central to conversations about research credibility—but what can large-scale studies actually tell us?

In our upcoming webinar on April 16, researchers from COS, the Institute for Replication, and META-REP compare three recent papers, including one from the recently-published SCORE effort. Panelists will discuss their findings, where the studies converge and differ, and broader insights on reproducibility, transparency, and credibility.

💻 Register: https://cos-io.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_IuMaWllTRwOGOeWx7Y5B3g?hsCtaTracking=701dea59-cc56-4cce-83df-474f9cb7455e%7C2af9ec77-450c-4ee6-8f53-bdc2536b6924#/registration

📢 A cross-campus team at the University of Cincinnati is hosting its inaugural Open Research Day on May 27, 2026. The event will be held in-person, with recordings available afterward.

Anyone interested in learning about or sharing expertise in open scholarship is welcome. The program includes a keynote, lightning talks, presentations, and a discussion group focused on advancing open research and community.

Learn more and register: https://www.libraries.uc.edu/research-teaching-support/research-data-services/UC-Open-Research-Day-2026.html

Today, the large-scale SCORE program publishes its primary findings—865 researchers examined reproducibility, robustness, and replicability across the social and behavioral sciences, testing how well humans and machines can forecast replication outcomes.
Results are out now in three papers + five preprints published in Nature.

📑 Explore the papers: https://www.nature.com/collections/idajfifcfg
💡 Read more about SCORE: https://www.cos.io/score

#metascience #openscience

The updated Generalist Repository Ecosystem Initiative (GREI) flowchart offers clearer guidance and a more streamlined decision pathway to help researchers, librarians, and support teams choose the most appropriate generalist repository for their data.

V. 2 reflects community feedback, refinements to the logic, and improved usability, making it easier to navigate complex deposit decisions and support researchers with confidence.

📖 Read more on the GREI blog: @blog-grei@medium.com

The Metascience Alliance is a coalition and hub working to strengthen how science is conducted, evaluated, and communicated. The Alliance's latest activities include a pilot series called Perspective Sessions, which creates space for focused, cross-stakeholder conversations on timely issues that affect research systems.

💡 Learn more about the pilot and how to get involved with the Alliance: https://www.cos.io/blog/perspective-sessions-a-new-activity-for-the-metascience-alliance

Coming up on March 11! TOP 101: An Overview of the Transparency & Openness Promotion Guidelines

The TOP policy framework provides recommendations for journals, research funders, universities, and researchers about practices designed to increase verifiability of empirical research claims. This webinar will include an overview of TOP components, and how TOP’s tiered, modular structure is applicable in diverse contexts.

💻 Register: https://cos-io.zoom.us/webinar/register/9517722178252/WN_TumonWSyRIWU_l8RiZRA-g#/registration

⏰ REMINDER: Applications for AREN's Local Network Leads (LNLs) program are open through March 16.

This well-structured program trains researchers and research professionals in #Africa to become #openscience leaders who can establish a community of practice at their institution.

Learn more and apply: https://africanrn.org/announcement-2026-lnls-training-program/

Join us tomorrow at 1:00 PM ET for a walkthrough of OSF's suite of paid products and services designed to help research organizations build and sustain open scholarship infrastructure.

Whether you're exploring options for the first time or evaluating a specific product for your community, this session offers a practical introduction to what OSF can offer your organization.

Details and Register 👉 https://cos-io.zoom.us/webinar/register/5117743770017/WN_RAZUXFNoSzqcYjANWODdEA

The Chronicle of Higher Education covered findings from the large-scale SCORE project, which evaluated reproducibility, replicability, and robustness across the social and behavioral sciences. The piece also features researchers weighing what the results may mean for the field:

🗞️ Read more: https://www.chronicle.com/article/lots-of-social-science-wont-replicate-does-that-mean-its-bunk

COS will be at this year's World Conference on Research Integrity (WCRI) as part of the program and among the exhibitors. We look forward to connecting in Vancouver at #WCRI2026!

The Network for Education & Research Quality (NERQ) is hosting two related opportunities to connect:

🔹 Online Pre-Meeting (April 27): https://uni-kiel.zoom-x.de/meeting/register/lpXwd7SxQJSeAZc6R1dbfA

🔹 NERQ Reception (May 4): https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScXA3DVtb-dnRu7d8mkcYs5dDq7uZ_ubQSK4CBuGUT-fo5N1w/viewform

Jolana Samii’s research focuses on factors that influence health and wellbeing, including how attachment insecurity relates to sleep quality. Her connected research record links a preregistered plan, data, and a preprint, so the work can be followed from question to findings.

We spoke with Samii about the value of preregistration, why keeping research materials linked and discoverable strengthens the record, and the benefits of making materials publicly accessible.

🔎 https://www.cos.io/blog/lifecycle-open-science-in-action-researcher-qa-with-jolana-samii