open science for biomedical research
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This page describes what grantees can expect while conducting CZI-supported research, including obligations to engage in open science practices as well as resources available to support these efforts.
The following pages consolidate information for grantees in specific programs:
Please refer to our Community Participation Guidelines to view expectations for ensuring everyone feels welcomed, respected, and supported in our community.
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Program-specific communications Most of your interactions with CZI will occur via the Program funding your research. Watch for emails from your Program with information about the following:
These opportunities are open to project leads and often other members of their core teams, so you can leverage the experience and knowledge from the researcher community working on projects similar to your own.
Grant operations: Contact sciencegrants@chanzuckerberg.com for information on no cost extensions and answers to other questions about administering your grant. Complete information on award policies can be found in our standard institutional sign-off form; please see the version shared with your award letter for specific details related to your grant.
The following descriptions highlight general expectations for your CZI-supported work. Please check your grant agreement for information customized to your grant program or RFA.
You are welcome to contact openscience@chanzuckerberg.com for more information on these and other open science topics!
Ethics: CZI holds ourselves and our scientific partners to the highest ethical standards. Our ethics policies cover all business practices in which CZI engages, including encouraging respectful treatment of all persons without discrimination, open and honest communication, and assurance of no retaliation for reporting incidents. These policies also extend to cover specific issues related to scientific research: responsible use of grant funding, attribution of credit, and other areas of scientific (mis)conduct. Finally, we require compliance with institutional and national standards for non-human animal research and human subjects research, including supporting data privacy and security to meet national and international standards.
Acknowledge CZI as a source of funding in all research deliverables using the following language: “This project has been made possible in part by grant number «GrantNumber» from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative DAF, an advised fund of Silicon Valley Community Foundation.”
If you would like to acknowledge CZI in presentations or other visual media as a part of your funded work, the approved logo for grantee usage is shown below. You can access the image directly here or download from GitHub here:
Services specifically related to open science that are open to CZI-supported projects include:
Open science office hours: Have questions about open science approaches? Staff are available to assist CZI grantees in adopting or implementing open science practices, including sharing of all research deliverables: protocols, software/code, data, and preprints/publications. Please schedule a time to meet with a member of the CZI Open Science team to discuss your topics of interest. Examples of questions other grantees have asked in office hours include:
Data publishing: Not sure where or how to publish or share your data with the rest of the scientific community? Data Dryad is a repository for sharing research data of any structure and type. As CZI is a Dryad member, CZI grantees are eligible to waive the fee for publishing data through Dryad by selecting CZI as a funding source when submitting data. Learn more on the Publishing data with Dryad topic page.
Capacity Building and grantee support: CZ Science has a Training and Capacity Building Program with opportunities tailored to the interests of grantees across CZI Science Programs, including workshops on grant writing, leadership in science, applying for faculty positions, and more. Learn more on the CZ Science Training and Capacity Building website.
CZI also offers Capacity Building Opportunities for grantees from across our initiatives (including Education and Community). Topics include general support in organizational and professional development, such as strategic planning, communication, and workplace culture. Learn more on their Training Sessions page.