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
366 institutions and counting
Over 360 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 >>
Funds Raised to Date
Sixth funding cycle launched late 2024
African Journals Online (AJOL) Increasing Openness, Quality, and Global Equity for African-Published Research
Target: € 630,000
Achieved so far: € 145,867
Episciences Premier Publishing Platform for Diamond OA Overlay Journals
Target: € 397,250
Achieved so far: € 107,500
Make Data Count Advancing Research Through Meaningful Data Metrics
Target: € 590,127
Achieved so far: € 199,250
SciPost Diamond-Class Provider of Genuine Open Access Publishing Services
Target: € 627,000
Achieved so far: € 196,500
Research Data Alliance (RDA), The global network of research data experts, solutions, best practice and standards
Target: € 853,000
Achieved so far: € 136,500
Software Heritage, The Library of Alexandria of Software source code
Target: € 900,000
Achieved so far: € 133,750
DRYAD, an open data publishing platform & community
Target: € 889,061
Achieved so far: € 137,250
LA Referencia, the federated network of Latin American OS repositories
Target: € 268,200
Achieved so far: € 140,500
ROR, an open, community-led registry of research org IDs
Target: € 989,460
Achieved so far: € 402,313
French Academic Libraries in Couperin Strengthen Support for Open Infrastructure
French academic libraries, through the national consortium Couperin, have pledged over 178 000 Euros in support of SCOSS-endorsed open infrastructures.
Switzerland Renews Its Commitment to Open Science with Round 4 Pledges
Swiss academic libraries, members of the Consortium of Swiss Academic Libraries (CSAL), continue to be among the most consistent and reliable supporters of open science infrastructure.
Australian libraries commit to open infrastructure
At a time when funding for open science is under growing pressure worldwide, with cuts and political shifts threatening the stability of the tools researchers rely on, this pledge is a welcome show of support.
From awareness to collective investment: Supporting and sustaining open infrastructure
Open infrastructure is sustained collectively. Collective investment and collective action is built from many individual decisions: one budget line, one policy change, one champion at a time.
What Collective Funding Makes Possible: Highlights from the 2025 SCOSS Showcase
On December 1, 2025, SCOSS hosted a Showcase webinar that highlighted the impact of SCOSS collective funding on open 18 infrastructures worldwide.
Explore a new view of the SCOSS-endorsed infrastructures
Together, the 19 open infrastructures in the SCOSS Family make up an ecosystem of interoperable, non-commercial, community-led services and platforms to advance open, equitable, and sustainable scholarly communication.
Open Infrastructure Needs Ongoing Support — Reinvest in Dryad, ROR, and LA Referencia long-term
As SCOSS’s Round 4 wraps up the third and final year of its SCOSS fundraising cycle (2022–2025), now is the time for our community to recommit for the next three years.
Smart Investments, Shared Impact: Strengthening the Open Infrastructure Ecosystem
Explore connections
By their very nature, open infrastructures are highly interconnected and interoperable.
