MIT Press receives grant to conduct environmental scan of OS publishing - June 18, 2018
The MIT Press has received a grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to conduct a landscape analysis and code audit of all known open source (OS) authoring and publishing platforms. By conducting this environmental scan, the MIT Press will be providing a comprehensive and critical… Read More
NFAIS receives Alfred P. Sloan Foundation grant for the NFAIS 2018 Blockchain for Publishers Conference - May 2, 2018
The National Federation of Advanced Information Services (NFAIS) has received a grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in support of the NFAIS 2018 Blockchain for Publishers Conference to be held May 15-16, 2018. The day-and-a-half conference is being held at the… Read More
AAAS celebrates federal spending increases for scientific research - March 26, 2018
The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) applauded President Donald Trump for signing into law a $1.3 trillion fiscal 2018 spending measure that delivers significant increases for science and technology programs and scientific research endeavours. The catch-all spending measure carries significant spending increases… Read More
Congress Funds $5 million open textbook grant program in 2018 spending bill - March 22, 2018
In a landmark victory for the Open Education movement, the U.S. Congress has included funding for a $5 million open textbook grant program in the Fiscal Year 2018 omnibus appropriations bill. This marks the first major investment by Congress explicitly in open educational resources (OER) as a solution to the… Read More
Applications for 2018 Altmetric Annual Research Grant now open - March 14, 2018
Alternative metrics provider Altmetric has opened the call for applications for its 2018 Annual Research Grant. First awarded in 2016, the grant provides up to £1,500 ($1,900 USD) to support research studies that explore different facets of altmetrics or a related topic that impacts the… Read More
Funding for scientific research marks new Canadian federal budget - March 8, 2018
The Canadian federal government recently released its annual budget, including a nearly-$4 billion (US $3.1 billion) increase in funding for science over the next five years. A sizeable amount of the funding will go directly to Canada's three granting councils, a critical recognition on behalf of the government of the… Read More
Global Sustainability Coalition for Open Science Services makes first funding appeal aimed at securing the future of open science - December 1, 2017
In an effort to strengthen and secure the network of non-commercial services that underpin the burgeoning field of Open Science, a newly-formed coalition of international organisations is spearheading an unconventional appeal. The Global Sustainability Coalition for Open Science Services (SCOSS), which formed just over a… Read More
New international coalition takes crowd-funding style approach to secure the future of open science - November 10, 2017
In an effort to strengthen and secure the network of non-commercial services that underpin the burgeoning field of Open Science, a newly-formed coalition of international organisations, including SPARC Europe, is spearheading an unconventional appeal. The Global Sustainability Coalition for Open Science Services (SCOSS), which formed… Read More
Elsevier and Seven Bridges awarded NIH Data Commons grant - November 8, 2017
Elsevier, the information analytics business specialising in science and health, and Seven Bridges Genomics have announced that The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded them a grant for the development of a comprehensive, open-source data analysis ecosystem as part of its… Read More
Frontiers and Heidelberg University announce institutional agreement - October 4, 2017
Heidelberg University has established an institutional membership agreement with Frontiers as part of its Open Access Publishing Fund. Publication fees / article processing charges for manuscripts submitted to Frontiers journals can be supported by Heidelberg University's Open Access Publishing Fund according to the Fund's funding… Read More
