Maryam Zaringhalam
webmz.bsky.social
Maryam Zaringhalam
@webmz.bsky.social
#openscience in service of society. Senior Director of Policy @cos.io and Senior Producer ‪‪@storycollider.bsky.social ‬. Previously: NLM/NIH, White House OSTP.

Views are my own. she/her.
Ever wonder how #openscience policies are made?

@cos.io kicked off a campaign to illustrate how our TOP guidelines translate into action. This month, we walk through how we crafted funder policies for our Funding Consciousness Research with Registered Reports initiative.
TOP in Action: Modeling TOP Implementation for Funders
The TOP framework is adaptable for use by funders, institutions, journals, and other policymakers. In November, we announced that we will be implementing TOP’s revised framework into our own policies ...
www.cos.io
January 16, 2026 at 2:01 PM
The National Science Foundation is requesting public comment on its draft strategic plan due 1/27. Objective 1.1 focuses on the agency's Gold Standard Science (GSS) implementation, which is where @cos.io will be focusing our response 👉 www.nsf.gov/od/updates/n...
January 13, 2026 at 7:28 PM
Reposted by Maryam Zaringhalam
Hope to see lots of #information community people at this @nisoinfo.bsky.social webinar on Jan 14, 11am ET. Jay Patel @saysjkemp.bsky.social @kawulf.bsky.social @webmz.bsky.social & bsky.app/profile/rant... will be discussing the state of our community now & in future
niso.org/state-of-the...
State of the Community | NISO website
Building on conversations sparked by our January 2025 webinar of the same name, we’ll take stock of 2025’s rapid changes and their implications for 2026—surveying policy shifts, where we stand now, and what’s on the horizon.
niso.org
January 7, 2026 at 5:29 PM
@cos.io shared actions to accelerate American S&T with OSTP. We advocated for continued implementation of federal open science policies, as well as resourcing the needed infrastructure and capacity building to support the research community in meaningful compliance. Read 👉 osf.io/preprints/me...
OSF
osf.io
January 7, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Reposted by Maryam Zaringhalam
OSTP issued a RFI for "Accelerating the American Scientific Enterprise." Here's the response from COS by @webmz.bsky.social and @davidmellor.bsky.social

osf.io/preprints/me...

www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...

Excellent work getting it written and submitted before the Dec 26(!) deadline.
OSF
osf.io
January 6, 2026 at 1:50 PM
"The ability to tell the truth… is an essential prerequisite for a free society. Scientists can leverage their substantial social standing&trustworthiness to preserve this vital ingredient."

@gretchentg.bsky.social's actionable call to scientists to defend democracy: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Scientists’ role in defending democracy
The United States’ democratic leadership, commitment to freedom of expression, and investment in the pursuit of knowledge have long enabled its preeminence in science and technology. Yet today we are ...
www.science.org
August 14, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Yesterday's EO on federal grantmaking makes several references to "Gold Standard Science" while at its core it violates the administration's own stated standard VI: "subject to unbiased peer review."
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Improving Oversight of Federal Grantmaking
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and to improve the process of Federal
www.whitehouse.gov
August 8, 2025 at 5:33 PM