UKRI announces open access policy for books and monographs, including £3.5 million funding support - November 16, 2023
Starting from January 1, 2024, the UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) open access policy will extend to include monographs, book chapters, and edited collections that acknowledge UKRI funding. The policy is designed to ensure that research findings funded by UKRI, using public money, are freely accessible, fostering… Read More
SoFAIR Project: The Open University leads international effort to enhance research software reproducibility - November 10, 2023
The Open University has announced its successful bid for a research grant in the CHISTERA Open Research Data & Software Call, initiating the SoFAIR project (Making Software FAIR). This international initiative aims to bolster the discoverability and reusability of open research software, addressing critical challenges related to… Read More
Center for Open Science receives NSF grant to propel open-source ecosystems - November 3, 2023
The Center for Open Science (COS) has secured funding from the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) for advancing the development of open-source ecosystems (OSEs) through its Pathways to Enable Open-Source Ecosystems (POSE) program. COS, known for curating and sustaining the Open Science Framework… Read More
Grant to continue research on institutional expenses for public access to research data awarded to ARL - August 4, 2023
The US Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) has awarded the Association of Research Libraries (ARL), in collaboration with Duke University, the University of Minnesota, and Washington University in St. Louis, all of whom are members of the Data Curation… Read More
The MIT Press receives $10M endowment gift for open access to knowledge - May 8, 2023
The MIT Press has received a $10 million endowment gift from Arcadia, a charitable foundation, to establish the Arcadia Open Access Fund. The fund will support the MIT Press’s efforts to publish open access books and journals in various fields, ranging from science and technology to social… Read More
Europe PMC announces ROR integration into Grant Finder - March 30, 2023
Europe PMC, one of the largest providers of high-performance search tools for life sciences literature, has announced that its Grant Finder now incorporates Research Organization Registry (ROR) IDs to help users find active and completed grants awarded by Europe PMC funders. Europe PMC provides… Read More
The Mellon Foundation awards HathiTrust $1 million grant to enhance core operations - February 9, 2023
HathiTrust, a member-based organization hosted by the University of Michigan, has received a 5-year, $1 million grant from the Mellon Foundation to fund a multi-year effort to strengthen its preservation and access mission. The funding will initially finance three new positions to develop an integrated program… Read More
Mellon Foundation provide $1.1 million support for Project LEND, a two-year project - January 13, 2023
The University of California libraries — which comprise the largest university research library in the world — are launching a landmark research project to investigate the potential for expanded lawful use of digitized books held by academic and research libraries. The Mellon Foundation… Read More
PREreview and eLife receive grant from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative to boost community engagement in public preprint review - November 9, 2022
PREreview and eLife have announced that the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) has awarded a grant to non-profit organizations for boosting their efforts to enable more diverse communities of researchers to participate in the open peer review of preprints. PREreview and eLife… Read More
NISO and UIUC awarded Sloan grant to prevent the spread of retracted research - October 27, 2022
The National Information Standards Organization (NISO), and the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), have been awarded an Alfred P. Sloan Foundation grant of $249,998 to prevent the spread of retracted research. The CREC (Communication of Retractions, Removals, and Expressions of Concern) project was approved last year… Read More
