About the ORD Program
Mandate and National Coordination
The ORD Program of the ETH Domain runs from the beginning of 2020 until the end of 2024.
With this program, the ETH Domain is also fulfilling the Federal Council’s mandate to assume a leading role with regard to ORD in the context of data policy in Switzerland.
The program is coordinated with the National ORD Strategy, which is being developed under the leadership of swissuniversities and with the participation of the ETH Domain. The national strategy was published in 2021 and was further consolidated by an action plan.
The five Measures
With the overarching goal of promoting ORD among researchers and institutions in the ETH Domain, the program defines five measures with the following objectives:
Measure 1: Support for domain-specific actions. Researchers using or developing ORD practices with and for their community will be financially supported to become future leaders in Open Science in their field – see projects.
Measure 2: Coordinate access to services and infrastructures for research data management. Targeted efforts will be made to improve the ecosystem of services for research data management and the infrastructures needed to support them. Interoperability and access are at the forefront of this effort.
Measure 3: Develop online courseware for RDM training. The availability and quality of training on RDM and its application to ORD practice will be greatly expanded and improved.
Measure 4: Legal aspects of RDM. Consolidated legal guidelines on ORD will be developed. These can serve as a common reference in the ETH domain. The goal is to align regulatory requirements with the practices of institutions in the ETH Domain and vice versa.
Measure 5: Career opportunities for ORD professionals. Employees whose responsibilities include supporting ORD will be specifically promoted. This is a contribution to securing the leading role of the ETH Domain in the field of ORD. There is a great demand for motivated and qualified specialists on a broad market.
The Steering Committee
The Steering Committee is responsible for the coherent and effective implementation of the program. The members are:
- Alun Ashton, PSI
- Rui Brandao, ETH Zurich
- Gilles Dubochet, EPFL
- Georg Fantner, EPFL (chair 2021-2022)
- Robert Finger, ETH Zurich (chair 2023-2024)
- Gian-Kasper Plattner, WSL
- Eleni Pratsini, Empa
- Carsten Schubert, Eawag
Expert Group Research Practices
The Expert Group for Research Practices (EG-R) is responsible for the implementation of
Measure 1. The members are:
- Arne Seitz, EPFL
- Christian Ginzler, WSL
- Christoph Stadtfeld, ETH Zurich
- Claudio Mucignat, Empa
- Dagmar Iber, ETH Zurich
- Damien Bouffard, Eawag
- Elizabeth Tilley, ETHZ
- Guillaume Anciaux, EPFL (co-chair)
- Markus Ammann, PSI
- Thomas Wüst, ETH Zurich
- Uwe Filges, PSI
- Veruska Muccione, WSL (co-chair)
- Viktor Kuncak, EPFL
Expert Group Services & Infrastructure
The Expert Group for Services and Infrastructure (EG-SI) is responsible for the implementation of Measure 2. The members are:
- Carlo Antonio Pignedoli , Empa
- Fabian Felder, Eawag
- Gaël Anex, EPFL
- Guilaine Vittoz, EPFL
- Henry Lütcke, ETH Zurich (chair)
- Ionut Iosifescu Enescu, WSL (vice-chair)
- Isabelle Eula, EPFL
- Leonardo Sala, PSI
- Maria Grazia Giuffreda, CSCS
- Matthias Töwe, ETH Zurich
- Nicola Marzari, EPFL
- Patrick Pedrioli, ETH Zurich
- Rafael Corvalan, EPFL
- Rok Roskar, SDSC
- Spencer Edward Bliven, PSI
- Urs Beyerle, ETH Zurich
