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Nominations are open for the inaugural UW-Madison Open Awards!

This year's Data Science Research Bazaar will host the inaugural UW-Madison Open Awards on March 20th. The UW-Madison Open Awards are sponsored by the Data Science Institute, Open Source Program Office, and the Libraries. The awards recognize and celebrate those using open practices in their work and who are inspiring others to do the same.The awards also recognize that Open practices vary across academic communities including: open access publishing, open data, open education, open source software and hardware, open science, and more.

The awards will honor 1 winner each for the Open Source Award and the Open Scholarship Award as well as inaugural inductees to the UW-Madison Open Hall of Fame. You are encouraged to nominate faculty and staff (as individuals or teams) for the Open Awards through this form: Open Awards Nomination Form.

Each winner will receive a $1000 award. Hall of Fame inductees will have their names displayed in the forthcoming UW-Madison Libraries digital scholarship hub located in Memorial Library.

Open Scholarship Hall of Fame

• Nominate inaugural inductees to the UW-Madison Open Hall of Fame!
• For individuals, projects, or teams whose open contributions have had lasting impacts, widespread adoption, or made significant change for their community during the course of their career.
• One additional inductee will be added each subsequent year.

Open Source Award

• For anyone in the UW-Madison community who has done significant work in open source.

Open Scholarship Award

• For UW-Madison faculty and research professionals at any stage of their career who have demonstrated a significant commitment to open practices through their work.

Nominations are due by end of day Friday, February 28th. Winners will be notified by March 10th.

Submit a Nomination

• Fill out this form: Open Awards Nomination Form
• Nominations require the submission of relevant contact information and a brief justification for the nomination.
• Nominees must be part of the UW-Madison campus community.
• Nominees may be individuals or teams.
• Self-nominations are welcome.
• Nominees do not need to be present at the ceremony to receive the award, though it is encouraged if possible.

If you have any questions, please contact us at ospo@datascience.wisc.edu.

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