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Twenty high-quality nominations have been submitted for the first Leo Waaijers Open Science Award – a UKB award aimed at promoting Open Science. This demonstrates the variety of Open Science initiatives being undertaken. The jury assessed the nominations based on four criteria: bold, inspiring, innovative, and impactful/mobilising This demonstrates the variety of Open Science initiatives being undertaken. The jury assessed the nominations based on four criteria: bold, inspiring, innovative, and impactful/mobilising. On this basis, the jury shortlisted three nominations for the Award:

• Anna van ‘t Veer – Researcher, teacher, and community manager focused on Open and Responsible Scholarship, initiator of the Leiden OS community and active as chair of the board of the national network of OS communities (OSC-NL)
• Pavlo Bazilinskyy – Researcher in automotive research with several Citizen Science projects with thousands of participants
• Team CWTS Leiden Ranking Open Edition – Fully open edition of the CWTS Leiden Ranking, aimed at accelerating the global transition to open research information

The final winner will be presented with the prize on 22 October at the Open Science Festival in Maastricht by Leo Waaijers’ daughter, on behalf of the UKB Board.