Scholarly Open Academy

Online Trainings & Masterclasses

Practical, concise workshops empowering researchers with AI tools, grant writing skills, and open science control.

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Ethical AI Usage in Scientific Writing & Literature Review

Master AI tools (ChatGPT, Scite, Elicit) for research synthesis while maintaining integrity, addressing hallucinations, and complying with journal disclosure rules.

Ethical AI usage in writing
Avoiding AI hallucinations
Journal disclosure rules
Grants & Funding 3 Hours
Persuasive Grant Writing & Proposal Strategy

Structure compelling narratives, work packages, and budgets for ERC, Horizon Europe, and national funding, aligned with reviewer rubrics.

Impact & Excellence sections
Risk management & budgeting
Reviewer rubrics
Ethics First 2.5 Hours
Publication Ethics, COPE Standards & Research Integrity

Understand COPE ethical standards, navigate plagiarism, resolve authorship disputes, and detect image manipulation in scientific publishing.

COPE ethical compliance
Plagiarism & grey zones
Image manipulation detection
Author Control 2 Hours
Writing Rebuttals & Navigating Peer Review

Learn to write constructive, evidence-based rebuttals to peer reviewers, address tough comments professionally, and protect your scientific claims.

Writing reviewer rebuttals
Response letter frameworks
Defending core methodology
Open Science 2 Hours
FAIR Principles, Metadata Standards & Persistent Identifiers

Implement FAIR data practices, draft Data Management Plans (DMPs), map DOIs and CrossRef metadata, and integrate ORCID and ISO metadata standards.

FAIR data compliance
Data Management Plans (DMPs)
DOIs, CrossRef & ORCID setup
Copyright 1.5 Hours
Authorship, CRediT Taxonomy & Rights Retention

Navigate intellectual property and content ownership using the Contributor Roles Taxonomy (CRediT), Creative Commons licensing, and Plan S rights retention templates.

CRediT taxonomy alignment
Rights retention templates
Creative Commons licensing
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Learning Resources & Handouts

Download practical checklists, manuscript templates, and cover letters to support your scientific writing and submission workflow.

Author Submission Checklist

Verify formatting, ethical disclosures, citation structures, and metadata readiness before submitting your manuscript.

Rights Retention Cover Letter

Template for authors to state rights retention and comply with funder mandates like Plan S under Creative Commons.

Manuscript Formatting Template

A standard Microsoft Word & LaTeX layout guide to format sections, figures, citations, and reference structures.

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