Altmetric launches annual research grant to advance understanding of alternative research metrics - March 8, 2016
Altmetric LLP has launched an annual research grant of up to £1,500 ($2100 USD) to fund research that facilitates the development and understanding of alternative research metrics (altmetrics) as part of the wider scholarly agenda. Complementary to traditional indicators of influence like citations, altmetrics capture the… Read More
SAGE journal Research & Politics and Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service’s Institute for the Study of Diplomacy receive Carnegie grant to support research - February 16, 2016
Academic publisher SAGE Publishing has announced that Research & Politics, a peer reviewed, gold open-access journal, will be supported for two years through the prestigious Carnegie grant, enabling the journal to continue to waive open access Article Processing Charges (APCs). Georgetown University's Institute for the… Read More
Authorea closes $1.5 million financing to deliver valuable new tools and capabilities to scholars and researchers worldwide - January 27, 2016
Authorea, the fastest growing science collaboration and publishing platform, has closed a $1.5 million financing to deliver valuable new tools and capabilities to scholars and researchers across the world. The financing was led by Lux Capital, a venture firm that invests specifically in counter-conventional science… Read More
Mellon grant, association support, to establish career pipeline for diversity in scholarly publishing - January 19, 2016
The University of Washington has received a $682,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to create a pipeline program to diversify academic publishing through funded acquisitions apprenticeships at four university presses. The collaborative project involves the University of Washington Press, the MIT Press, Duke University… Read More
EBSCO Information Services introduces $150,000 grant to fund solar adoption - January 12, 2016
EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) is introducing a grant to help libraries Go Solar. As part of the EBSCO Solar initiative, EBSCO is currently soliciting grant applications to help libraries in the United States fund solar installations. EBSCO is making a total of $150,000 available to one… Read More
NISO receives two grants to undertake creation of a framework on data and privacy - January 8, 2016
The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) has received two grants to develop a consensus framework for mitigating and managing the privacy risks related to the collection, preservation, sharing, use, and re-use of research data sets. The grants from both the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the… Read More
Mellon Foundation grant to help Northwestern University Press digitize, increase access to out-of-print titles - December 29, 2015
Northwestern University Press recently received a three-year, $73,000 grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to digitise important but out-of-print titles. The grant will also help underscore the importance of open access research studies in the humanities, giving a new generation of readers unprecedented access to… Read More
ARL awarded IMLS, Sloan Foundation grant to expand and enhance SHARE - October 22, 2015
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has been awarded a joint $1.2 million grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to expand and enhance SHARE's open data set of research and scholarly activities across their life cycle.… Read More
AAUP receives planning grant to explore new discovery-and-delivery platform for scholarly books - October 14, 2015
The Association of American University Presses (AAUP) has received a planning grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to support the exploration of a university press platform for discovery and delivery of longform scholarship. With the working name UPScope, the discovery and delivery platform would… Read More
Scientists in Tanzania call upon government to inject more funds into research for producing reputable journals - September 21, 2015
Scientists in Tanzania have called upon the government to inject more funds into research for production of reputable journals. The call was made by the Tanzania Academy of Sciences (TAAS) Chairman, Prof Esther Mwaikambo in Dar es Salaam when opening a one day workshop at the… Read More
