Helping secure the vital infrastructure on which open science depends
What is SCOSS?
The Global Sustainability Coalition for Open Science Services (SCOSS) is a network of influential organisations committed to helping secure OA and OS infrastructure well into the future. Officially formed in early 2017, SCOSS’s purpose is to provide a new co-ordinated cost-sharing framework that will ultimately enable the broader OA and OS community to support the non-commercial services on which it depends. READ MORE >>
The total sum pledged encompassing all funding rounds.
The total number of institutions that have pledged funds via SCOSS since our launch.
The number of infrastructures that have been, or currently are being, funded via SCOSS.
Our funders
340 institutions and counting
Over 300 institutions have contributed to date. READ MORE >>
How it works
Each year, the coalition invites non-commercial OA/OS services to apply for SCOSS co-ordinated funding. The SCOSS board evaluates applicants rigorously based on criteria including the service’s value to communities such as funders, universities, libraries, authors, research managers and repositories; and on details pertaining to their governance structure, costs, sustainability measures, and future plans. READ MORE >>
Fifth funding cycle
Research Data Alliance (RDA), The global network of research data experts, solutions, best practice and standards
Software Heritage, The Library of Alexandria of Software source code
Awardees | Current funding cycle
Research Data Alliance (RDA), The global network of research data experts, solutions, best practice and standards
Software Heritage, The Library of Alexandria of Software source code
Awardees | Current funding cycle
DRYAD, an open data publishing platform & community
LA Referencia, the federated network of Latin American OS repositories
ROR, an open, community-led registry of research org IDs
Fourth funding cycle
DRYAD, an open data publishing platform & community
LA Referencia, the federated network of Latin American OS repositories
ROR, an open, community-led registry of research org IDs
Third funding cycle
arXiv, open platform to share and discover emerging science
Redalyc/AmeliCA, open infrastructure for advancing diamond OA publishing
DSpace, the software of choice for open digital repositories
Awardees | Current funding cycle
arXiv, open platform to share and discover emerging science.
Redalyc/AmeliCA, open infrastructure for advancing diamond Open Access publishing.
DSpace, the software of choice for open digital repositories.
Second funding cycle
Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB) and Open Access Publishing in European Networks (OAPEN)
The Public Knowledge Project (PKP), a university initiative that creates open source software and services, including Open Journal Systems (OJS)
OpenCitations, a scholarly infrastructure service that provides open bibliographic and citation data
Pilot funding cycle
Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), an online directory that indexes and provides access to quality open access, peer-reviewed journals.
Sherpa Romeo, a database of publishers' policies on copyright and self-archiving
Collective Support Sustains the Future of Open Infrastructures
As SCOSS’s 3-year cycle closes for arXiv, DSpace, and Redalyc in December 2024, we are reminded that supporting non-commercial, open infrastructure is a long-term commitment.
Through generous contributions, these infrastructures have been able to strengthen their foundations and move toward long-term sustainability. They have been able to complete necessary operational projects that traditional funders do not support, such as hiring much-needed staff, modernising legacy code, and creating documentation. Also, through SCOSS affiliation, they were introduced to new funding partners and a collaborating network of open infrastructures.
SCOSS Family of Infrastructure exploring operational efficiencies
How might Open Science infrastructures and services “interoperate” more to reduce redundancy in operational functions such as marketing, fundraising, human resources, finance, contract management, CRMs, and more?
Funding boosts operations and innovation for the SCOSS Family of Open Infrastructures
SCOSS support helps Open Infrastructures to secure funds for initiatives that traditional funding sources do not cover.
Imagining a world without open infrastructures
Imagine a world where thousands of peer-reviewed journals, books, datasets, and other research output are no longer available online, a world without persistent identifiers, registries, and standards for data exchange, where technical development priorities are not in alignment with community values, and where the creation of standards is not community-driven.
This is a world without open infrastructures. They are not simply “nice to haves” or alternatives to commercial offerings–they are essential tools and services that support research creation and publication designed for the public good.
Why support open infrastructures?
Adopt and adapt these talking points to advocate for sustaining open infrastructures, which are the non-commercial providers of scholarly communication resources and services, including software, that support a fully open and equitable scholarly communications ecosystem