The Institute for Neuroscience and Neurotechnology (INN) is leading the implementation of SFU’s Open Science and Open Scholarship Principles by working with experts and growing the open scholarship community at SFU.

In partnership with the Tanenbaum Open Science Institute,  the  initiative involves creating and carrying out an implementation plan to support SFU faculty, staff and students in integrating open scholarship practices into their projects from start to finish.

Open scholarship at SFU was shaped through a community consultation process during the Open Science Buy-In Project, which assessed the needs, challenges and benefits of open science at the university. This project led to a set of institutional guiding principles for practicing open science and open scholarship.

SFU is already engaged in many open scholarship activities. These include SFU's Open Access policy, the Innovation Ecosystem that supports open innovation, the Public Knowledge Project, and the Open Educational Resources initiative. Open scholarship also supports SFU efforts in knowledge mobilization, equity, evidence-based decision making, and community-engaged research. A formal commitment to open science and further development of our open scholarship practices positions SFU amongst the leaders of open science in Canada. SFU is the first university in Canada to adopt open science for the whole institution – a reflection of SFU’s progressive spirit that has earned us an international reputation for transdisciplinary research and innovation.