Rewarding open research, rethinking competition: The University of Groningen’s Open Research Award (Giulia Trentacosti and Maurits Masselink)

In this episode, two initiators of the University of Groningen’s Open Research Award, Giulia Trentacosti and Maurits Masselink, share the story behind the award and how they designed it to recognize and celebrate open research practices. They explain why they chose a non-competitive approach, using a modified lottery system to select the recipients of the award. We explore the ideas behind this approach, how the award works in practice, and what it means for researchers to take part in an award where everyone who meets the criteria has an equal chance of being selected.