Scientific Research Courses and Certifications

A starter’s guide to Open Science

19 ratings at Coursera

Learn to define open science and apply practices such as open access, FAIR data and repositories, preregistration, registered reports, open educational resources, and open research evaluation.

• Coursera
• 8 weeks, 1 hour a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center;  Johns Hopkins Career Certificate

Enhancing Reproducible Science with GitHub and Docker

5 ratings at Coursera

Make scientific analyses reproducible: apply code review, version control with Git and GitHub, containerize computing environments with Docker, and automate code testing with GitHub Actions.

• Coursera
• 4 weeks, 10 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course
• 5 courses

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

Making Science Reproducible - A Capstone Course

Make research reproducible: build and test an original Docker image, store GitHub secrets securely, and create a GitHub Action to run and test repository code.

• Coursera
• 4 weeks, 2 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

MTTC Biology (017): Practice & Study Guide

Broad, self-paced review of the biology concepts and scientific practices tested on the MTTC Biology exam.

• Study.com
• 46 hours
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Advanced Literature Searching in the Health Sciences

9 ratings at edX

Learn the fundamental components of advanced literature searches for professionals and researchers in the health sciences. This course will help you improve the quality and reporting of literature sea

• edX
• 9 weeks, 2-4 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Achieving public dialogue

3 ratings at OpenLearn

There are a wide range of interactions between 'science' and 'the public'. Examples range from visiting a museum, or indulging in a science-related hobby, to reading a newspaper article about a ...

• OpenLearn
• 16 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Certificate

Engaging with postgraduate research: education, childhood & youth

2 ratings at OpenLearn

In this free course, Engaging with postgraduate research: education, childhood & youth, you will build on your understanding of how to evaluate research by thinking about a fundamental part of the ...

• OpenLearn
• 10 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Certificate

Open Science: Sharing Your Research with the World

Explore ways to apply Open Science principles to academic work - including your own. Learn how to share your research effectively and responsibly, building greater visibility and impact.

• edX
• 6 weeks, 3-4 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Strategic Energy Planning and Industrial Ecology for Local Sustainable and Just Development in an era of geopolitical uncertainties

This course introduces key quantitative and conceptual tools for analysing energy systems and sustainability challenges, with a strong focus on pubblication-relevant applications. The first Lesson dee

• Federica
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Advanced Cyberinfrastructure Training at RPI

Research Ops - Challenges and Practical Solutions for Distributed Scientific Computing

Explore challenges and practical solutions for distributed scientific computing in research operations, focusing on advanced cyberinfrastructure.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 25 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

NIH Clinical Center

Ethical and Scientific Review in Clinical and Translational Research - Lecture 7

Explore ethical and scientific review processes in clinical research, focusing on key principles, regulatory requirements, and best practices for ensuring study integrity.

• YouTube
• 56 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

NIH Clinical Center

Scientific Rigor and Transparency in Clinical and Translational Research - Lecture 4

Explore scientific rigor and transparency in clinical research, enhancing your understanding of ethical practices and methodological standards in the field.

• YouTube
• 35 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

OpenInfra Foundation

GAIA - CINECA's Large-Scale HPC Cloud Infrastructure for Scientific and Technological Research

Discover CINECA's GAIA, a massive OpenStack-based HPC cloud with 500 servers, 10PB Ceph storage, and GPU support for scientific research, plus load testing strategies using Rally.

• YouTube
• 25 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

The Logic of Science - Principles of Evolution, Ecology and Behavior

1 rating

An exploration of scientific limits, falsifiability, revolutions, post-modernism, and creativity through philosophical perspectives.

• YouTube
• 46 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Introduction to Open Science

Explore Open Science across the research cycle: reproducibility and replicability challenges, preregistration, open methods, materials and code, data sharing, preprints and open access publishing.

• Complexity Explorer
• Self-Paced
• Free Certificate