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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Dear Members of the Open Science Community, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Apologies for cross-posting.</span></i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Two years into helping secure vital, non-commercial services within the Open Science community; the Global Sustainability Coalition for Open Science Services (SCOSS) is <b>searching for new potential
candidates to help fund. </b>If you are a non-profit essential infrastructure for Open Access or Open Science of international significance and are concerned about your sustainability, this mail is for you.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><a href="http://www.scoss.org/">SCOSS</a> launched in late 2017 as a response to a growing concern over the security of the infrastructure underpinning Open Science today. The intent? To ensure
that key services like the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) and SHERPA/RoMEO, services that aid the scientific and scholarly community in the accessing and sharing of research, have the solvency to exist as well as innovate and evolve.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">In short, this is how the initiative works: SCOSS provides the framework and funding structure, vetting potential candidates based on a defined set of criteria. The most eligible of those that
pass the vigorous evaluation are then presented to the global OA/OS community of stakeholders with an appeal for monetary support in a crowdfunding-style approach.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">To date, <b>more than 1.5 million Euros have been pledged</b> to help fund DOAJ and SHERPA/RoMEO, the first services selected in our pilot first funding call.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Our second call for funding recently went out to support DOAB, OAPEN, PKP and OpenCitations, who are looking for funding for the next 3 years.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">We’re reaching out to you now as we are <b>preparing to pre-screen services for eligibility</b> for <b>SCOSS’s third funding cycle; </b>perhaps you are with a non-profit organisation, with an international
scope, are reasonably well-established but concerned about your sustainability. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">At this point, the board is seeking to identify a field of such potential candidates to vet; among the basic qualifications: eligible services must have a non-profit status in the country in which
they are based and/or be affiliated with or owned by a research or educational institution. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Services that are interested in seeking SCOSS funding are invited to send us a pre-application as a formal expression of interest in applying. For the information we require, see
<a href="https://forms.gle/TzKy37rN1CXuUBQY7">here</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">To be considered, all pre-applications must be submitted to <a href="https://forms.gle/TzKy37rN1CXuUBQY7">https://forms.gle/TzKy37rN1CXuUBQY7</a> <b>by Saturday, 29 February 2020, 11pm CET. </b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">SCOSS will evaluate all submissions; those organisations that meet the SCOSS aforementioned description while making a clear, strong case for community support will be invited to apply formally
later in 2020.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">For all questions, please direct them to <<a href="mailto:info@scoss.org">info@scoss.org</a>><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Thank you for your interest and support in this effort to secure our vital Open Science infrastructure. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Kind regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Fiona Bradley<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">On behalf of the SCOSS Advisory Group<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><a href="http://www.scoss.org/">http://www.scoss.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><a href="mailto:info@scoss.org">info@scoss.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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