KU Research is delighted to be part of the European Commission eInfrastructure Science Cloud project Design for Open Access Publications in European Research Areas for Social Sciences –OPERAS-D. The European Union has committed €408,000 to this important initiative, commencing in January 2017.

KU is one of 5 partner organisations involved in the OPERAS-D project, working with the National Centre for Scientific Research (France); the National Hellenic Research Foundation (Greece); the OAPEN Foundation (Netherlands); the Foundation German Humanities Institutes Abroad (Germany). Together, these partners are working towards robust e-infrastructure for Open Access publications in the Social Sciences and Humanities.