SCOSS

🇨🇭 Swiss academic libraries do it again! CSAL members have pledged €120,750 to SCOSS-endorsed infrastructures @datadryad, @ResearchOrgs@mastodon.social & #LAReferencia. Consistent, collective investment in open science, year after year. Thank you! 🙌🌍 🔗 https://scoss.org/switzerland-renews-its-commitment-to-open-science-with-round-4-pledges/

💡 Three Australian universities have pledged to support open science infrastructure through SCOSS, backing #AJOL, @episciences @makedatacount & @scipost. Big thanks to CAUL for facilitating 🙏 https://scoss.org/australian-libraries-commit-to-open-infrastructure/

🇫🇷 France backs open science! The Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Space is funding four SCOSS-endorsed infrastructures: #AJOL, @episciences @makedatacount & @scipost. Merci, France! 🙏🌍
➡️ https://scoss.org/frances-ministry-of-higher-education-research-and-space-continues-its-commitment-to-open-science-infrastructure/

Open infrastructure is sustained collectively: 1 budget line, 1 policy change, 1 champion at a time.The @muninconf 2025 wkshp summary from @SCOSSfunding@mastodon.social @DOAJ@masto.ai and @episciences@social.numerique.gouv.fr is out: challenges & practical paths forward. What's your first step? 📣 https://bit.ly/4c0cROl

Exciting to see systemic change in action 🙌 #JISC has launched a new licensing approach highlighting the importance of open research infrastructure as a cost-effective, collaborative alternative across the research lifecycle.

📖 https://www.researchinformation.info/news/jiscs-new-licensing-approach-to-support-open-research-infrastructure/

RE: @SCOSSfunding@mastodon.social

Reminder: SCOSS Round 7 Expression of Interest closes 15 January 2026

🌐✨ The 2025 SCOSS Showcase shared what collective funding makes possible: open infrastructure that is: 🔧 robust 🔗 interconnected 🌍 inclusive 📊 sustainable. Thank you to all supporters! ❤️ 🔗 Support https://scoss.org/what-is-scoss/scoss-family-infrastructures-by-themes/

🎥 Recording https://youtu.be/UfJl5DWmzto
📑 Slides https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XBd9mZMDkh3tFqRVMxHmYNPslJXdiT8i/view

🔔 Reminder: SCOSS Round 7 Expression of Interest is Open!

Expressions of interest are due
🗓️ Date: Thursday, 15 January 2026
⏰ Time: 16:00 UTC/17:00 CET.

👉 Read more on how to apply here: https://scoss.org/how-it-works/scoss-expression-of-interest-2026/

📣 Last call! The SCOSS Showcase Webinar is almost here.
🗓️ Date: Monday, 1 December 2025
⏰ Time: 15.00–16.45 UTC
This is your chance to see how community-backed open infrastructures are delivering impact through collective funding. 🔗✨ https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/M-fjLCDrQDCL7-Ybi_tTXg

Thank you to all the participants who made our #munin2025 workshop a success. Really enjoyed hosting along with Joanna Ball @DOAJ
and Raphaël Tournoy @episciences “Collective Action Advancing Open Infrastructure.” https://doi.org/10.7557/5.8154 Stay tuned for the report.

📣 Call for expressions of interest: SCOSS is searching for new potential candidate organisations to fund during the 2026 to 2028 funding cycle.

Expressions of interest are due by Thursday, 15 January at 17:00 CET.

👉 Read more on how to apply here: https://scoss.org/how-it-works/scoss-expression-of-interest-2026/

Join us for a special SCOSS Showcase Webinar highlighting the collective impact of the SCOSS-endorsed open infrastructures! 🌍 Together, these community-led services form a global ecosystem advancing open, equitable, and sustainable scholarly communication.

🗓️ Date: Monday, 1 December 2025
⏰ Time: 15.00–16.45 UTC / 16.00–17.45 CET / 17.00–18.45 CAT(convert to your time zone)
🔗 https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/M-fjLCDrQDCL7-Ybi_tTXg#/registration

🎉 It’s showtime for Open Science infrastructures!
Join us for the SCOSS Showcase Webinar to highlight the collective impact of the SCOSS-endorsed open infrastructures! 🌍✨

🗓️ 1 Dec 2025
⏰ 15.00–16.45 UTC (convert: https://www.inyourowntime.zone/2025-12-01_15.00_UTC )
🔗 Register: https://bit.ly/2025SCOSS-showcase

🎉 It’s showtime for Open Science infrastructures!
Join us for the SCOSS Showcase Webinar to highlight the collective impact of the SCOSS-endorsed open infrastructures! 🌍✨

🗓️ 1 Dec 2025
⏰ 15.00–16.45 UTC (convert: https://lnkd.in/gUj2ydD9)
🔗 Register: https://lnkd.in/gjMDHqqA

🎙️ SCOSS's Rosalie Lack will present Unlocking Open Science: Why Open Infrastructure Matters for the Arab World with Dr. Alwaleed K. Alkhaja (QNL), Dr. Mohamed Boufarss (Zayed Univ), & Kamel Belhamel (@DOAJ). 📅 22 Oct, 16:30 | Visit our booth too!
🔗 Register: https://forumforopenresearch.com/registration/