MIT Press’s Direct to Open reaches 2025 funding goal, unlocks access to 80 new titles - January 22, 2025
The MIT Press has successfully reached its annual funding goal for 2025 through its Direct to Open (D2O) initiative, securing open access to 80 new scholarly monographs and edited collections. These titles, covering a wide range of academic disciplines, will be released in the… Read More
PLOS awarded $3.3 million grant from Gates Foundation to advance open access publishing - December 11, 2024
The Public Library of Science (PLOS) has received a $3.3 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to support its ongoing transformation towards APC-free (Article Processing Charges-free) publishing models. The three-year funding underscores PLOS’s dedication to dismantling financial barriers in scholarly publishing and expanding open… Read More
Dutch Research Council launches €500,000 Diamond Open Access fund to support non-profit journal publishing - October 23, 2024
The Dutch Research Council (NWO) has announced a new funding initiative to support academic journals transitioning from subscription-based models to diamond open access, where neither readers nor authors incur publication fees. With a total of €500,000 available, this Diamond Open Access fund aims to make academic research… Read More
Harvard Library and MIT Libraries to co-fund Open Mind journal through 2027 - September 27, 2024
The MIT Press has announced that Open Mind, a leading cognitive science journal, will receive co-funding from Harvard Library and MIT Libraries through 2027. This initiative marks Open Mind as the first journal to benefit from the newly established Harvard Open… Read More
Arcadia grants $6 Million to SPARC to support open access initiatives through 2030 - September 25, 2024
The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) has received a $6 million grant from Arcadia, a charitable foundation dedicated to promoting open access to knowledge, preserving cultural heritage, and protecting nature. The six-year grant will allow SPARC to continue its efforts in driving… Read More
OCLC receives IMLS Grant to develop free online continuing education program for public library staff - August 29, 2024
OCLC has been awarded a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) to develop a new, free online continuing education program for public library staff in partnership with the Idaho Commission for Libraries (ICfL). This project aims to… Read More
ARL and DCN seek US academic libraries for research on public access to research data costs - April 8, 2024
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and the Data Curation Network (DCN) have announced a call for expressions of interest from five US-based academic libraries to participate in a research project focused on understanding the institutional costs of public access to research data. This… Read More
Clarivate’s Web of Science Grants Index to help researchers navigate funding strategies - January 29, 2024
Clarivate Plc has launched the Web of Science™ Grants Index that’s designed to provide a more comprehensive, enriched view of the funding landscape, empowering researchers to make confident, informed decisions when they seek research funding. In today’s competitive research climate, success… Read More
Morressier closes $16.5m Series B and doubles down on its research integrity focus - January 24, 2024
Morressier, the Berlin-based startup transforming scholarly communications, has announced it has attracted $16.5m in investment in a Series B round led by Molten Ventures and with the participation of existing investors including Redalpine, Owl Ventures, and Cherry Ventures. This growth investment follows the company’s Series A round… Read More
Virginia Tech University Libraries enhances open access support with cost-sharing option - November 20, 2023
Virginia Tech University Libraries has announced updates to its Open Access Subvention Fund (OASF) guidelines, aimed at further promoting open access initiatives among faculty, staff, and students. The OASF, designed to support article processing charges (APCs) for scholarly peer-reviewed articles accepted for publication in open access (OA)… Read More
