Open Research Funders Group
@orfg.bsky.social
The Open Research Funders Group (ORFG) is a partnership of funding organizations committed to the open sharing of research outputs and other forms of scholarship.
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The DataCite Community Survey 2025 is open!
Share your thoughts on #metadata, #PIDs & open infrastructure, and help us improve our services & engagement.
Thank you for helping us shape the future of open & connected research: bit.ly/4850AFT
Deadline: 1 Dec 2025
#OpenResearch #OpenScience
Share your thoughts on #metadata, #PIDs & open infrastructure, and help us improve our services & engagement.
Thank you for helping us shape the future of open & connected research: bit.ly/4850AFT
Deadline: 1 Dec 2025
#OpenResearch #OpenScience
DataCite Annual Community Survey 2025
Your ideas and feedback are essential in guiding the vision and direction of DataCite. Please complete the survey before 01 December 2025.
If you have any questions or comments, please contact us at i...
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November 10, 2025 at 4:18 PM
The DataCite Community Survey 2025 is open!
Share your thoughts on #metadata, #PIDs & open infrastructure, and help us improve our services & engagement.
Thank you for helping us shape the future of open & connected research: bit.ly/4850AFT
Deadline: 1 Dec 2025
#OpenResearch #OpenScience
Share your thoughts on #metadata, #PIDs & open infrastructure, and help us improve our services & engagement.
Thank you for helping us shape the future of open & connected research: bit.ly/4850AFT
Deadline: 1 Dec 2025
#OpenResearch #OpenScience
URSSI applications for winter school are open! Funded by the Sloan Foundation, participants will engage in a 3-day hands on workshop. This is a good opportunity for grad students and post docs. More details below!
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#OpenScience #OpenCode #OpenSource
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#OpenScience #OpenCode #OpenSource
URSSI Blog
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November 10, 2025 at 6:12 PM
URSSI applications for winter school are open! Funded by the Sloan Foundation, participants will engage in a 3-day hands on workshop. This is a good opportunity for grad students and post docs. More details below!
urssi.us/blog/2025/11...
#OpenScience #OpenCode #OpenSource
urssi.us/blog/2025/11...
#OpenScience #OpenCode #OpenSource
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Newly released Stockholm Declaration recommends the following reforms to publishing:
1. Academia resumes control of publishing
2. Incentive systems to merit quality, not quantity
3. Independent fraud detection and prevention
4. Legislation and policies to protect science quality and integrity
1. Academia resumes control of publishing
2. Incentive systems to merit quality, not quantity
3. Independent fraud detection and prevention
4. Legislation and policies to protect science quality and integrity
Reformation of science publishing: the Stockholm Declaration | Royal Society Open Science
Science relies on integrity and trustworthiness. But scientists under career pressure
are lured to purchase fake publications from ‘paper mills’ that use AI-generated data,
text and image fabrication....
royalsocietypublishing.org
November 5, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Newly released Stockholm Declaration recommends the following reforms to publishing:
1. Academia resumes control of publishing
2. Incentive systems to merit quality, not quantity
3. Independent fraud detection and prevention
4. Legislation and policies to protect science quality and integrity
1. Academia resumes control of publishing
2. Incentive systems to merit quality, not quantity
3. Independent fraud detection and prevention
4. Legislation and policies to protect science quality and integrity
ORFG Members celebrated @openrxiv.bsky.social at the @cziscience.bsky.social meeting!
@gatesfoundation.bsky.social
@hhmi.org
@asapresearch.parkinsonsroadmap.org
@schmidtsciences.bsky.social
and others!
We're excited about the future of preprints!
#preprints #OpenScience #OpenFunders
@gatesfoundation.bsky.social
@hhmi.org
@asapresearch.parkinsonsroadmap.org
@schmidtsciences.bsky.social
and others!
We're excited about the future of preprints!
#preprints #OpenScience #OpenFunders
October 24, 2025 at 3:21 PM
ORFG Members celebrated @openrxiv.bsky.social at the @cziscience.bsky.social meeting!
@gatesfoundation.bsky.social
@hhmi.org
@asapresearch.parkinsonsroadmap.org
@schmidtsciences.bsky.social
and others!
We're excited about the future of preprints!
#preprints #OpenScience #OpenFunders
@gatesfoundation.bsky.social
@hhmi.org
@asapresearch.parkinsonsroadmap.org
@schmidtsciences.bsky.social
and others!
We're excited about the future of preprints!
#preprints #OpenScience #OpenFunders
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Open Access Week highlights the power of free, immediate access to research by ensuring science benefits all. Proud to join @parkinsondotorg.bsky.social, @parkinsons.org.uk, @cureparkinsons.org.uk, @alleninstitute.org, @dataseerai.bsky.social, @strategiesos.bsky.social, @orfg.bsky.social & others 🔓
October 20, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Open Access Week highlights the power of free, immediate access to research by ensuring science benefits all. Proud to join @parkinsondotorg.bsky.social, @parkinsons.org.uk, @cureparkinsons.org.uk, @alleninstitute.org, @dataseerai.bsky.social, @strategiesos.bsky.social, @orfg.bsky.social & others 🔓
@icoropen.bsky.social launched Open Research Beacon, a hub for those in the open community to connect products, projects, and services. It's a great way to find out what's going on in "open" especially if you're a funder. #OpenScience #OpenResearch #OpenData #OpenCode www.orfg.org/news/2025/10...
Open Research Beacon Launches New Platform — Open Research Funders Group
Open Research Beacon , a community-driven resource catalog of open projects, has launched on a new platform showcasing nearly 100 projects and growing. It aims to connect organizations and individuals...
www.orfg.org
October 17, 2025 at 7:15 PM
@icoropen.bsky.social launched Open Research Beacon, a hub for those in the open community to connect products, projects, and services. It's a great way to find out what's going on in "open" especially if you're a funder. #OpenScience #OpenResearch #OpenData #OpenCode www.orfg.org/news/2025/10...
Very exciting to see funders pushing for change in how outputs are communicated. Moving towards an interoperable knowledge stack every day. 👏👏👏 Nice work @hhmi.org @asterainstitute.bsky.social @gatesfoundation.bsky.social #Preprints #OpenScholarship #OpenData #OpenScience
We just posted an impact story on policies at HHMI, Gates & Astera promoting #OpenAccess #OpenScience #OpenData. Powerful signals to other funders to accelerate discovery in science. Well done @madubs.bsky.social @openaccessmaven.bsky.social @pracheeac.bsky.social! sparcopen.org/impact-story...
Funders Roll Out Next Gen Open Policies - SPARC
sparcopen.org
October 10, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Very exciting to see funders pushing for change in how outputs are communicated. Moving towards an interoperable knowledge stack every day. 👏👏👏 Nice work @hhmi.org @asterainstitute.bsky.social @gatesfoundation.bsky.social #Preprints #OpenScholarship #OpenData #OpenScience
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Europe’s #research still leans on foreign #datainfrastructure, a risk, warns the #EuropeanParliament. Dependence could undermine #openscience and #innovation, spurring calls for stronger EU capacity.
🔎Read here:
🔎Read here:
Dependence on foreign data infrastructure threatens EU research, Parliament hears
Europe must reduce its dependence on foreign-controlled databases, particularly those in the US, the European Parliament has heard. Dependence on these resources leaves European researchers and…
buff.ly
October 3, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Europe’s #research still leans on foreign #datainfrastructure, a risk, warns the #EuropeanParliament. Dependence could undermine #openscience and #innovation, spurring calls for stronger EU capacity.
🔎Read here:
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We believe preprints and open peer review are central to reducing publishing expenses. 💰📝
We have crafted a response to NIH Request for Information on “Maximizing Research Funds by Limiting Allowable Publishing Costs,” where you can learn about the details of our recommendations. buff.ly/v9I0i9v
We have crafted a response to NIH Request for Information on “Maximizing Research Funds by Limiting Allowable Publishing Costs,” where you can learn about the details of our recommendations. buff.ly/v9I0i9v
ASAPbio Response To NIH Request For Information On “Maximizing Research Funds By Limiting Allowable Publishing Costs” (NOT-OD-25-138) – ASAPbio
NIH seeks to reduce its publishing expenses, while encouraging high quality research, in order to be good stewards of its limited public funding. Certainly,
buff.ly
October 1, 2025 at 1:02 PM
We believe preprints and open peer review are central to reducing publishing expenses. 💰📝
We have crafted a response to NIH Request for Information on “Maximizing Research Funds by Limiting Allowable Publishing Costs,” where you can learn about the details of our recommendations. buff.ly/v9I0i9v
We have crafted a response to NIH Request for Information on “Maximizing Research Funds by Limiting Allowable Publishing Costs,” where you can learn about the details of our recommendations. buff.ly/v9I0i9v
Big news! @hhmi.org has released an Immediate Access to Research policy that requires preprint deposit with CC-BY licenses and eliminates financial support for APCs. Congrats to all the folks at HHMI for making this happen! 🎊 #OpenScience #OpenResearch #Preprints www.linkedin.com/posts/orfg_i...
Immediate Access to Research | Open Research Funders Group
Folks at Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) moving the open needle forward... great work in support of #Preprints #OpenScience #OpenData and #OpenResearch. Kudos! 🎊
www.linkedin.com
September 25, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Big news! @hhmi.org has released an Immediate Access to Research policy that requires preprint deposit with CC-BY licenses and eliminates financial support for APCs. Congrats to all the folks at HHMI for making this happen! 🎊 #OpenScience #OpenResearch #Preprints www.linkedin.com/posts/orfg_i...
"We respectfully recommend that NIH prioritize direct investment—centrally and/or through allowable costs—in existing open infrastructure to disseminate research outputs." 👍 #OpenScience #Preprints
We share our response to NIH's APC cap proposal. Key message: invest in shared #OpenInfrastructure to maximize the impact of taxpayer dollars accelerate knowledge dissemination and use, and strengthen the sustainability of #OpenResearch ecosystem.
investinopen.org/blog/iois-re...
investinopen.org/blog/iois-re...
IOI’s Response to NIH's Request for Information on Maximizing Research Funds by Limiting Allowable Publishing Costs
IOI recently responded to the US National Institutes of Health Request for Information on Maximizing Research Funds by Limiting Allowable Publishing Costs. In this post, you will find the prompts from...
investinopen.org
September 25, 2025 at 7:53 PM
"We respectfully recommend that NIH prioritize direct investment—centrally and/or through allowable costs—in existing open infrastructure to disseminate research outputs." 👍 #OpenScience #Preprints
Hats off to the American Heart Association, an @orfg.bsky.social member, for walking grantees through how to make #OpenScience happen. New videos & training materials on the #AHAScience website help model open practices that can accelerate discovery in research. sparcopen.org/news/2025/am...
American Heart Association Amplifies Impact of Research with Open Policies - SPARC
sparcopen.org
September 19, 2025 at 4:08 PM
@txtbks.bsky.social of @sparcopen.bsky.social and Cailyn Nagle of Michelson 20MM Foundation talked with @thelever.bsky.social about automatic textbook billing. Great to see this problem getting news coverage. AND awesome to see funders doing something about it. #OpenAccess #OER #OpenFunder
How Wall Street Broke The College Bookstore | Open Research Funders Group
Shoutout to Nicole Allen of SPARC and Cailyn Nagle of Michelson 20MM Foundation who spoke to The Lever about the problems at university bookstores, particularly the use of automatic textbook billing. ...
www.linkedin.com
September 17, 2025 at 6:19 PM
@txtbks.bsky.social of @sparcopen.bsky.social and Cailyn Nagle of Michelson 20MM Foundation talked with @thelever.bsky.social about automatic textbook billing. Great to see this problem getting news coverage. AND awesome to see funders doing something about it. #OpenAccess #OER #OpenFunder
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🗓 1week to go!
Join us Sept 4, 11 AM ET, for the wrap-up of IOI’s Reasonable Costs project: findings, tools, and implementations for public access to research.
Register now: investinopen.civicrm.org/civicrm/even...
Join us Sept 4, 11 AM ET, for the wrap-up of IOI’s Reasonable Costs project: findings, tools, and implementations for public access to research.
Register now: investinopen.civicrm.org/civicrm/even...
August 28, 2025 at 4:15 PM
🗓 1week to go!
Join us Sept 4, 11 AM ET, for the wrap-up of IOI’s Reasonable Costs project: findings, tools, and implementations for public access to research.
Register now: investinopen.civicrm.org/civicrm/even...
Join us Sept 4, 11 AM ET, for the wrap-up of IOI’s Reasonable Costs project: findings, tools, and implementations for public access to research.
Register now: investinopen.civicrm.org/civicrm/even...
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Delighted to welcome @tracykteal.bsky.social as the CEO of @openrxiv.bsky.social - Tracy brings a wealth of experience in non-profit leadership and open science to the the team, and we're all so excited to be working with her openrxiv.org/announcing-c...
Dr. Tracy Teal named CEO of openRxiv, to lead the next phase in the evolution of open science - openRxiv
After an exhaustive, international search, the openRxiv Board of Directors has appointed Dr. Tracy Teal as the organization’s inaugural CEO. Dr Teal has served as interim COO of openRxiv since its lau...
openrxiv.org
August 18, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Delighted to welcome @tracykteal.bsky.social as the CEO of @openrxiv.bsky.social - Tracy brings a wealth of experience in non-profit leadership and open science to the the team, and we're all so excited to be working with her openrxiv.org/announcing-c...
@creativecommons.bsky.social has released this new video on open licenses. 🎥 Take a peek and share with others who want/need to understand how CC licenses work. 🔁 #OpenAccess #copyright #OpenLicense #OpenScience #OpenResearch
Open Licensing for Research with Creative Commons
YouTube video by Creative Commons
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August 12, 2025 at 4:28 PM
@creativecommons.bsky.social has released this new video on open licenses. 🎥 Take a peek and share with others who want/need to understand how CC licenses work. 🔁 #OpenAccess #copyright #OpenLicense #OpenScience #OpenResearch
Congress may be on recess, but there are still things coming out of DC that will have far-reaching effects on science funding and that continue to contribute to the the funding instability faced by many researchers.
#SciencePolicy #funding
#SciencePolicy #funding
The president just issued an executive order asserting new and wide-ranging authority over the issuance of federal grants. This will have huge repercussions for the daily operations of US science. 🧪
Also, lawyers are gonna be lawyering.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Also, lawyers are gonna be lawyering.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Improving Oversight of Federal Grantmaking
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and to improve the process of Federal
www.whitehouse.gov
August 7, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Congress may be on recess, but there are still things coming out of DC that will have far-reaching effects on science funding and that continue to contribute to the the funding instability faced by many researchers.
#SciencePolicy #funding
#SciencePolicy #funding
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U.S. book publisher launches under "platinum open access" model - Research Information https://www.researchinformation.info/news/u-s-book-publisher-launches-under-platinum-open-access-model/
U.S. book publisher launches under "platinum open access" model - Research Information
Publisher "committed to equity, transparency, and author empowerment, eliminating barriers to knowledge dissemination"
www.researchinformation.info
August 7, 2025 at 5:25 PM
U.S. book publisher launches under "platinum open access" model - Research Information https://www.researchinformation.info/news/u-s-book-publisher-launches-under-platinum-open-access-model/
"Transparency filtered through the lens of editorial acceptance is not true transparency; it is selective disclosure." 👏👏👏
@bodorama.bsky.social
#openscience #preprints #peerreview #nature
@bodorama.bsky.social
#openscience #preprints #peerreview #nature
💥 New: Nature’s decision to publish positive peer review reports only gives half the picture
✍️ @bodorama.bsky.social #AcademicSky #PeerReview #ScholComm
✍️ @bodorama.bsky.social #AcademicSky #PeerReview #ScholComm
Nature’s decision to publish positive peer review reports only gives half the picture - Impact of Social Sciences
As the journal Nature moves to publish peer review reports for accepted papers, Bodo Stern argues this partial openness falls short of true transparency.
blogs.lse.ac.uk
August 6, 2025 at 7:51 PM
"Transparency filtered through the lens of editorial acceptance is not true transparency; it is selective disclosure." 👏👏👏
@bodorama.bsky.social
#openscience #preprints #peerreview #nature
@bodorama.bsky.social
#openscience #preprints #peerreview #nature
Please help us welcome @schmidtsciences.bsky.social as the newest ORFG supporting member! 🎉https://www.orfg.org/news/2025/8/4/schmidt-sciences-joins-orfg
#openscience #philanthropy #openresearch #opendata #sciencefunding
#openscience #philanthropy #openresearch #opendata #sciencefunding
Schmidt Sciences Joins ORFG — Open Research Funders Group
The Open Research Funders Group (ORFG) is pleased to welcome Schmidt Sciences as a supporting member. Founded in 2024, Schmidt Sciences brings together the science-focused efforts of Eric and Wendy ...
www.orfg.org
August 5, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Please help us welcome @schmidtsciences.bsky.social as the newest ORFG supporting member! 🎉https://www.orfg.org/news/2025/8/4/schmidt-sciences-joins-orfg
#openscience #philanthropy #openresearch #opendata #sciencefunding
#openscience #philanthropy #openresearch #opendata #sciencefunding
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Barcelona Declaration on Open Research Information Launches YouTube Channel (via @barcelonadori.bsky.social) barcelona-declaration.org/news/2025072... #openresearch #libraries
July 29, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Barcelona Declaration on Open Research Information Launches YouTube Channel (via @barcelonadori.bsky.social) barcelona-declaration.org/news/2025072... #openresearch #libraries
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Our #OpenEducation 101 kicks off Aug. 13 @ 2pm EDT. Intro session will cover core principles, key terms & how #OpenEd connects to #OpenAccess & #OpenScience. Learn how OE can remove barriers & expand opportunities for students & educators. Free & open to all. Register: sparcopen.org/news/2025/op...
Open Education 101 Series - SPARC
sparcopen.org
July 28, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Our #OpenEducation 101 kicks off Aug. 13 @ 2pm EDT. Intro session will cover core principles, key terms & how #OpenEd connects to #OpenAccess & #OpenScience. Learn how OE can remove barriers & expand opportunities for students & educators. Free & open to all. Register: sparcopen.org/news/2025/op...
A reaction to the NIH APC price caps announcement on @upstreamblog.bsky.social. Christopher Steven Marcum asks: "Will they backfire?" upstream.force11.org/capping-apcs...
#openaccess #publicaccess #openscience #nih #publicaccesspolicy #apcs #pricecaps #scholarlycommunication #repositories
#openaccess #publicaccess #openscience #nih #publicaccesspolicy #apcs #pricecaps #scholarlycommunication #repositories
Capping APCs May Backfire on NIH
Recently, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced it will cap the amount of direct funding support that researchers can spend on paying for article processing charges, or APCs. These fees ar...
upstream.force11.org
July 22, 2025 at 8:51 PM
A reaction to the NIH APC price caps announcement on @upstreamblog.bsky.social. Christopher Steven Marcum asks: "Will they backfire?" upstream.force11.org/capping-apcs...
#openaccess #publicaccess #openscience #nih #publicaccesspolicy #apcs #pricecaps #scholarlycommunication #repositories
#openaccess #publicaccess #openscience #nih #publicaccesspolicy #apcs #pricecaps #scholarlycommunication #repositories
💖 these key insights from the @investinopen.bsky.social project. "1. Start with governance, not technology... 2. Transparency isn't negotiable... 3. Meet your community where they are... 4. Design for evolution." #openscience #openinfrastructure #openscholarship #openresearch #opendata
What if governance came first?
We partnered with DeSci Foundation to embed transparency and openness into the CODEX Protocol from day one. See how intentional governance can build trust in decentralized scholarly systems.
We partnered with DeSci Foundation to embed transparency and openness into the CODEX Protocol from day one. See how intentional governance can build trust in decentralized scholarly systems.
Building open governance: Partnering with DeSci Foundation on the CODEX Protocol
Lessons on incorporating governance at the onset of open scholarly infrastructure development from our partnership with DeSci Foundation
investinopen.org
July 18, 2025 at 3:16 PM
💖 these key insights from the @investinopen.bsky.social project. "1. Start with governance, not technology... 2. Transparency isn't negotiable... 3. Meet your community where they are... 4. Design for evolution." #openscience #openinfrastructure #openscholarship #openresearch #opendata
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The current academic publishing system is expensive and outdated. What can be done about it?
Join us for a critical conversation on how we can build an open, community-led alternative.
#OpenScience
us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Join us for a critical conversation on how we can build an open, community-led alternative.
#OpenScience
us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
July 17, 2025 at 3:06 PM
The current academic publishing system is expensive and outdated. What can be done about it?
Join us for a critical conversation on how we can build an open, community-led alternative.
#OpenScience
us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Join us for a critical conversation on how we can build an open, community-led alternative.
#OpenScience
us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...