Please note, we will still keep our X account, but we will be no longer posting here. We hope to see you all at one (or all!) of our other social media accounts 💙
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You can also subscribe to our monthly newsletter here: forrt.org/newsletters/
Over the past few years, we have gathered an amazing & active community on this platform, but we have now taken the decision to move away from X.
We hope that we can still retain inspiring discussions with our community through our other platforms, which we will link to below👇
🚨 Catch the latest updates in our June newsletter: mailchi.mp/forrt/forrt-newsl…
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🔔 We're pausing newsletters until September as we switch providers and set things up. See you then!
📰 Update on when submissions open for the Replication Research Journal.
📅 The FORRT Replication Hub Hackathon on 20th June.
🏗️ FORRT at SIPS 2025: help us build a shared resource for Open Science education!
The FORRT May newsletter is now out 🎉
Updates include:
🤝 Opportunity to get paid to co-create open-access educational materials 🧵
👉 Read here: mailchi.mp/forrt/forrt-newsl…
📩 Subscribe here: forrt.org/newsletters/
🙌 Every contribution will be transparently credited.
💡 Contribute a full solution? Become an official contributor to the FReD R package!
📅 Register by June 15 by emailing: [email protected]
Let’s get these tools polished and out there together!🚀
We’ll be working on:
FReD R package and two Shiny apps:
🧭 FReD Explorer – browse the replication dataset, assess effect sizes & replicability
🔗 forrt.org/apps/fred_explorer…
📎 FReD Annotator – annotates reference lists with replication findings
🔗 forrt.org/apps/fred_annotato…
⚙️The FORRT Replication Hub provides resources and tools for replication research, including our centralized database (FReD) that helps researchers access information about past replication efforts and promotes transparency in the field.
🔧 FORRT Replication Hub Hackathon 🎉
We’re hosting an online coding session to polish our replication tools — and we’d love your help!
📅 June 20
🕙 1st session: 10:00, CEST
🕙 2nd session: 13:30, CEST (You can join both!)
💻 Should be confident in R (and ideally Shiny). 🧵
Join us in democratizing open science education!
📷 Interested? Email: [email protected]
Want to find out more? Please read here for additional information for contributors: eur03.safelinks.protection.o…
✨ Contributors get:
✅ €400 per set
✅ Public credit on our site and directly on the materials
✅ Opportunity to co-author future publications (if authorship criteria are met)
Each set should include:
📚 Editable teaching slides (with notes & scripts), aligned with FORRT’s Clusters
📝 Structured lesson plans with student activities, styled per Pownall et al. (2024)
📜Materials should follow Bloom’s Taxonomy and will be shared under a CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
🎓 Get PAID to co-create open-access teaching materials!
We're launching a funded initiative to make open science education more inclusive and accessible beyond elite institutions and the Global North. Contribute a set of materials and earn €400. 🧵
All are welcome—whether you’re new or a returning contributor! 💙
✅ No preparation needed
🧠 Summaries + data provided on the day
📚 You’ll be credited as a named contributor in the e-book!
We'll focus on:
✍️ Writing feedback strategies at specific stages of the research cycle
📊 Using existing descriptive data (like average feedback ratings!)
🤝 Co-creating an inclusive, practical guide for researchers
Join us on for a collaborative FORRT hackathon where we’ll be working together on writing up chapters for our upcoming community-maintained e-book on feedback strategies in academic research! 📖
🚨FORRT Hackathon: Contribute to the Accessible Feedback in Academia E-Book! 🚨
📅 Thursday, 29 May
🕚 11:00–13:00 BST | 12:00–14:00 CEST | 10:00–12:00 UTC
🔗 Join via MS Teams: teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup…
#OpenScience #Hackathon 🧵
🚀 Help us build FORRT’s Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) page!
We’re creating a resource to support new members, and we need your input. Share your thoughts in our short form:
🔗forms.gle/rG2Si2vYtkY99eXt6
Your contribution will make our community more accessible. Thank you!


