Qatar National Library welcomes submissions for second Open Initiative Award
The Peninsula
Doha: Qatar National Library invites submissions for its second Open Initiative Award, with a deadline of October 7, 2021. The award will be given to the best initiatives that have contributed to the advancement of open scholarship in Qatar in the past year.
During its inaugural year in 2020, the Open Initiative Award witnessed some of the best project submissions in the areas of student mentorship, open access research and journal publishing. Dr. Julie Decock, a scientist at Cancer Research Center, QBRI-HBKU, and Assistant Professor at College of Health and Life Sciences, HBKU, won the “Best Individual Award 2020,” and Bait Al-Mashura Journal won the “Best Institutional Award 2020.”
H E Dr Hamad Bin Abdulaziz Al-Kawari, Minister of State, Qatar and President of Qatar National Library, said, “We are proud to launch the second Open Initiative Award and look forward to receiving the best submissions from our applicants in Qatar. The open access movement is critical, as it unleashes the potential of research, giving free access to all data and thereby making it easier for individuals and institutions to dive deep into groundbreaking research work. As we move into the second year of the awards, we hope to inspire individuals, institutions and the research community to share knowledge and make all outcomes visible and accessible to all.”