Cornell University Press awarded a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)/Andrew W. Mellon Foundation grant for second consecutive year - April 6, 2017
Cornell University Press has been awarded a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)/Andrew W. Mellon Foundation grant worth nearly $100,000 to fund the open access initiative, Cornell Open for the second year in a row. Cornell is one of four presses to receive a second… Read More
Submissions open for Altmetric annual research grant 2017 - March 23, 2017
Data Science company Altmetric has announced that applications for its annual research grant are now open. First launched in 2016, the grant provides up to £1,500 ($1,900 USD) to fund research that facilitates the development and understanding of alternative research metrics (altmetrics) as part of the… Read More
EBSCO Information Services to fund EBSCO FOLIO Innovation Challenge - March 6, 2017
EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) is introducing the EBSCO FOLIO Innovation Challenge. The grant program will award $100,000 in grants to libraries to develop innovative technology solutions that address the challenges academic libraries face. A total of $100,000 will be awarded to multiple institutions—grants between $5,000… Read More
Loughborough University London receives research funding from UKIERI for development of healthcare Internet of Things platform - February 17, 2017
Loughborough University London has been awarded research funding from the UK-India Education Research Initiative (UKIERI) to build a secure Internet of Things (IoT) platform for use in healthcare. IoT platforms connect devices, allowing them to collect and use data. Examples include… Read More
Digital Science unveils new module of its global grants database, Dimensions - January 25, 2017
Digital Science, a technology company serving the needs of scientific and research communities, has unveiled a new module of its global grants database, Dimensions. The Dimensions database, containing information on millions of completed and ongoing research projects with over $1 trillion USD in global research… Read More
EBSCO Solar grant program 2017 – Two $100,000 grants available for libraries looking to go green - January 23, 2017
EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) has renewed its commitment to helping libraries 'go green' by bringing back an expanded version of its EBSCO Solar grant program for 2017. As part of the EBSCO Solar initiative, EBSCO is currently soliciting grant applications to help libraries fund solar installations.… Read More
Gates Foundation research announces open-access mandate, requires recipients to make findings publicly available - January 20, 2017
Research funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, one of the world’s most influential global health charities, cannot currently be published in several leading journals as these journals do not comply with its open-access policy. These journals include Nature, Science, the New England Journal of… Read More
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation awards grant for arXiv upgrade - November 30, 2016
arXiv.org, the influential open access repository for global scientific research, will begin the first phase of a three-year overhaul and modernization with the help of a $445,000 grant by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. The Sloan Foundation grant will fund the… Read More
Consortium partners for new European Commission funded SCOPE Project announced - November 15, 2016
The European Science Foundation (ESF), l'École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) and the Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology (FECYT) have been selected as Consortium partners for the new European Commission funded SCOPE project. The Grant Agreement has been signed by all partners and the project… Read More
Elsevier partners with Doctors Without Borders to help tackle Africa’s health challenges - October 26, 2016
STM publisher Elsevier and renowned international humanitarian-aid organisation Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) have agreed to cooperate in fighting the root causes of some of Africa's most vexing health challenges, including diarrhea and infectious diseases, which leave millions of people dying or severely diminished every… Read More
