TU-NET joins European OSTrails open science pilot
June 10, 2026
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TU-NET is one of fifteen national pilots in the Horizon Europe OSTrails project, supporting the European Open Science Cloud.
TU-NET unites Ireland's technological universities to build a more transparent, collaborative and impactful research environment — making knowledge as open as possible, as closed as necessary.
Sources: AKTS Survey & SciVal; TU-NET repository.
Initiated in summer 2022, TU-NET is unique in the Irish landscape — a bottom-up initiative from library and research-associated staff to share expertise, develop common infrastructure, and ensure that investment in open research has the widest possible impact.
A common open access repository and shared standards for data management across all five partner institutions.
Equipping staff and students with the skills, training and support to perform research to the highest standard.
One of fifteen national pilots for the Horizon Europe OSTrails project, supporting the European Open Science Cloud.
Working together to grow research capacity and open access scholarship across the sector.
We believe open research practices transform how knowledge is created and applied — benefiting academia and society alike, and catalysing regional economic and social development.
Our joint statement on Open Research has been endorsed by all five TU Presidents, committing us to make research outputs publicly and freely available without delay or embargo, wherever legitimately possible.
Our commitmentsTU-NET is one of fifteen national pilots in the Horizon Europe OSTrails project, supporting the European Open Science Cloud.
The shared TU-NET repository now holds almost 30,000 discoverable research outputs from across the five technological universities.
TU-NET has launched a national pilot under the Horizon Europe-funded OSTrails project, deploying ARGOS data management planning and FAIR-aligned practices across Ireland’s five technological universities.
Browse almost 30,000 discoverable items in the shared TU-NET repository, reflecting the breadth of research across Ireland's technological universities.
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