FORRT was well represented at this year’s Big Team Science Conference 2026 hosted by the CONNECT Working Group. Take a look at FORRT’s Zenodo Commuity to see our conference presentations and see some additional recent publications!
Thank you to everyone who took part in the FORRT AI in Metascience Online Conference (28–30 September 2026). Recordings of 32 talks are now on the FORRT YouTube channel, with one playlist per day: AI in the research pipeline, replications and reproductions, and analyst variability and workshops. The conference page has the full programme, with the abstract and recording of each talk.
FORRT’s Glossary of Open Scholarship terms is now available in Chinese, lowering the barrier to understanding and participating in open-science discussions for Chinese-speaking researchers and students. It joins the existing English, German, and Arabic versions.
FORRT welcomes Nowhere Lab into our community - a space for anyone without a lab who wants the lab-meeting experience — new faculty, ex-academics, freelancers, and keen undergrads. Their members have also produced a PhD Survival Guide. Check the website, or join their channel on Slack.
JUST-OS, an AI-based chatbot developed by researchers at the University of Groningen and FORRT, is now live on our website. It gives user-friendly, tailored guidance to help researchers find relevant Open Science resources. Try it out and share your feedback.
The Get Involved page has been updated and rebuilt, and we have made it easier to keep the updates coming. So if you are looking for ways to get involved, have a look at the current opportunities now.