Welcome to The University of Texas Open Source Program Office (UT-OSPO)
The vision of the UT-OSPO is to engage faculty and students in an open source participation pathway.
Meet Our Team
Experts from the Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC), central IT services, University of Texas Libraries, and the School of Information.
Discover Resources
Learn about the UT-OSPO Participation Pathway and Open Source community websites.
Get Training
Find training opportunities in-person, virtual, or sessions previously recorded.
Review Reports
See what UT-OSPO has been up to since launching in August 2023.
UT-OSPO Events
Event Status
Scheduled
Tuesday May 13, 2025, 10:00 am - 2:00 pm
Perry-Castaneda Library (PCL) Scholars Lab
Join the UT Libraries and UT Open Source Program Office on Tuesday, May 13th for an in-depth discussion of open scholarship. We will be covering all of the major facets of open scholarship from open data and open source software to open access publishing. Join us in the PCL Scholars Lab from 10:00am to 2:00pm to learn about open scholarship resources, relevant services available to UT researchers, and best practices. Lunch will be provided.
Event Status
Scheduled
Thursday May 15, 2025, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Virtual Training
Join us for a virtual informational session about federal funding agency policy changes going into effect in 2025 that may impact your research. We will cover the expanded sharing requirements for outputs of federally funded research, describe where researchers can find more information, and highlight the resources that are available at UT Austin to assist with compliance. We will discuss the commonalities and differences among individual research funding agency plans, and we’ll be able to answer questions you have about specific funders.