KUALA LUMPUR: The Open Science Platform (MOSP) that was launched today (May 16) will focus on strengthening the open science ecosystem in the country, says Chang Lih Kang.
The Science, Technology and Innovation Minister said the MOSP will provide open science guidelines, capacity building and awareness programmes, and develop the infrastructure for research data sharing.
"MOSP adopts the FAIR principle of Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable.
"Research projects that are conducted with public funds should be able to be accessed and reused by others to increase the return of value,” he said in his speech at the launch of MOSP by Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof here.
The launch of MOSP, the practice of open science, will be an essential building block in the research and development ecosystem that will pave a new future for the research landscape in Malaysia.
Meanwhile, in a statement by the Science, Technology and Innovation Ministry (Mosti), it said that MOSP - which can be accessed via mosp.gov.my - is a raw research data-sharing platform initiated by the ministry.
The pilot initiative has been managed by Akademi Sains Malaysia (ASM) since 2019.
Strategically, ASM has formed the Malaysia Open Science Alliance (Mosa), which includes Mosti, Higher Education Ministry, Natural Resources, Environment and Climate Change Ministry, Health Ministry, Malaysian Administrative Modernisation and Management Planning Unit (Mampu), Forest Research Institute Malaysia and National Institute of Health.
Mosa also includes five research universities, namely Universiti Malaya, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia and Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. - Bernama
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