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 both the pilot and second 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
338 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
Going into fifth gear: SCOSS launches its 5th pledging round
“SCOSS is thrilled to announce the launch of its fifth pledging cycle. Both of the chosen projects are already an established and well-known infrastructure with high usage making an important contribution to open science. They need community support to innovate, broaden their global reach and to increase resilience and financial sustainability. We look forward to welcoming RDA and Software Heritage to the SCOSS Family.
On behalf of the SCOSS Board I extend my congratulations to the supported infrastructure for this round. Although the economic downturn and restricted budgets can make pledging more difficult, please do consider helping sustain priority open science infrastructure by pledging a percentage of your relevant budget to structurally help infrastructures on their way to sustainability.”
Martin Borchert, Chair of the SCOSS Board.
Now in its fifth year, SCOSS takes great pleasure in announcing two new Open Science infrastructure partners to join the SCOSS Family. After careful evaluation, SCOSS has selected the Research Data Alliance (RDA) and Software Heritage for this fifth funding cycle, organisations who are both seeking help in creating and maintaining sustainable futures.
Continuing partnerships after SCOSS
Creating long-term sustainability is a challenge for many open science and open access infrastructures and building longer-term partnerships is key.
Annual progress reports from the SCOSS Family
Annual reports: SCOSS 2nd and 3rd pledging cycle infrastructures reflect on progress made with SCOSS funding
The Dutch Research Council is funding 3 SCOSS infrastructures to the tune of 72,000 euros
SCOSS is most grateful to the Dutch Research Council’s (NWO) commitment to Open infrastructure. The NWO is one of the few SCOSS national research funder pledgers so far!
The French National Open Science Fund provides long-term support for international open science infrastructures
The French National Open Science Fund (FNSO) is providing financial support to four international infrastructures selected by SCOSS as part of its funding campaigns. After the support provided in 2020 and 2022, France thus renews its commitment to sustainable international infrastructures for open science.
Canada demonstrates once again its solid commitment to open infrastructure
We would like to warmly thank the Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN) and the Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) for Canada’s donation to the infrastructures Dryad, LA Referencia, and ROR of the 4th SCOSS funding round! The donation brings the total of pledges to SCOSS infrastructures over the years to over 5 million euros.
LIBER, EIFL and SCOSS joint webinar: Keeping open infrastructure open – The SCOSS 4th pledging round info session
Switzerland generously supports Dryad, LA Referencia and ROR!
After its impressive commitment in 2022 for our 3rd pledging cycle and its donations to the SCOSS Pilot cycle, Switzerland reaffirms its investment in open science infrastructure and its support to the SCOSS programme by financing the three infrastructures from the most recent cycle: Dryad, LA Referencia and ROR.