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OpenScholar @openscholar.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Research visibility isn't a meritocracy — it's an attention economy. We want to fix that. If you do too: theopenscholar.com/pilot

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OpenScholar @openscholar.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Research no longer lives in one place — and the cost is mounting in places research-admin leaders don't always see. OS Research Hubs + OS Match are what we've built for it. The 90-day pre-launch pilot is open: theopenscholar.com/pilot

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OpenScholar @openscholar.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

The visibility gap inside most institutions is real but hard to measure—narrower funding pipelines, missed collaborations, opportunities that never reach the right researchers. So it gets absorbed as normal. Here's what our 90-day pilot delivers to change that. theopenscholar.com/blog/what-90...

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OpenScholar @openscholar.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Real outcomes. Decision-ready data. On your own researchers, across 90 days. Our CEO explains what piloting infrastructure built for modern research actually delivers. Start a pilot: theopenscholar.com/pilot

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OpenScholar @openscholar.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Research infrastructure should reduce those gaps. Not create them. It's time for it to evolve, too. The pilot is open. theopenscholar.com/pilot

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OpenScholar @openscholar.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

And when costs are hard to measure, they’re easy for institutions to normalize and absorb. Collaborations that don't form. Funding pipelines that slowly narrow. Efforts that are constantly duplicated. Opportunities that never reach the right researchers. Research and talent that goes unrecognized.

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OpenScholar @openscholar.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

The infrastructure underlying modern research didn’t break overnight. Research evolved. The systems that support it stayed the same. And the costs accumulated quietly over time, in ways that are diffuse and difficult to see.

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OpenScholar @openscholar.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Fit-based matching uses what today's tools can't see: a picture of each researcher's actual work. OS Hubs is the picture. OS Match fits it to the right funding. Our pilot is the window is open now. Read the essay: theopenscholar.com/blog/challen... Start a pilot: theopenscholar.com/pilot

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OpenScholar @openscholar.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

But that’s changed. Availability has been answered. What hasn’t is fit. Availability answers whether there are active opportunities related to a given topic. Fit answers which of the thousands of opportunities is a match for what 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘳 is actually doing.

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OpenScholar @openscholar.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Published today: Researchers don’t need more funding. They need the right funding. Discovery tools were built around the question: What funding exists? And for years, the answer to that question was scarce enough that knowing what was available was a real advantage.

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OpenScholar @openscholar.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Alerts flood inboxes with near-misses. Researchers spend hours filtering noise that should be fueling proposals. Non-obvious opportunities go undiscovered in the sheer volume. It's time to rethink the model. The pilot is open. theopenscholar.com/pilot

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OpenScholar @openscholar.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Grant alerts and funding discovery tools are answering the wrong question. They've been built around the premise: What funding exists? But that question has been answered—so well, in fact, that it has created a new problem.

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OpenScholar @openscholar.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Asking faculty to fix the gap by being better self-publicists just reproduces it. Infrastructure that levels visibility for every researcher is what actually works. Our 90-day pilot: 10 researchers, 450 high-confidence funding matches, $5K applies to your license. Start: theopenscholar.com/pilot

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OpenScholar @openscholar.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

What we have isn't a meritocracy. It's an attention economy. A filter that picks up on signals having little to do with the work: ⚪ Time ⚪ Admin support ⚪ Comfort with self-promotion ⚪ Field-level norms Visibility produces visibility. Attention attracts attention.

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OpenScholar @openscholar.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Look at your institution's most-cited researchers. On the whole, they share something—and it isn't that their research is better. Today's essay: the attention economy underneath every institution's research presence. theopenscholar.com/blog/hidden-...

Labyrinth of digital signals that researchers have to navigate.

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OpenScholar @openscholar.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Research no longer lives in one place. OS Research Hubs and OS Match are what we've built for it. Our CEO Jess Drislane explains. Pilot is open: theopenscholar.com/pilot

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OpenScholar @openscholar.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Today we also opened our 90-day pilot of OS Research Hubs and OS Match, ahead of our July launch. 10 researchers. 3 rounds of matching. Up to 450 funding opportunities. $5K — applies to your institutional license. Learn more: theopenscholar.com/blog/90-day-...

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OpenScholar @openscholar.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Three places the cost lands: → Faculty burden — uncompensated time as web publisher → Equity gaps — self-publishers stay visible; the rest don't → External visibility — outsiders piece together stale profiles and Google snippets

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OpenScholar @openscholar.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Just published: why institutional systems have fallen out of step with how research actually happens — and who's absorbing the cost. theopenscholar.com/blog/researc...

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OpenScholar @openscholar.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

The tools institutions rely on to represent faculty have quietly fallen out of step with how research actually happens. That mismatch is no longer just an inconvenience — it's a cost. More next week.

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OpenScholar @openscholar.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Each platform is doing real work. None was built to answer "what is this researcher actually doing?" for anyone who wants to know.

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OpenScholar @openscholar.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Research doesn't live in one place anymore. Publications in PubMed. Data in Figshare. Code on GitHub. Trials in registries. A CV in a Word doc. A faculty profile three years behind. An ORCID record that might be current. A personal site from 2019.

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OpenScholar @openscholar.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

One of the biggest challenges in research isn’t lack of data. It’s the systems around it. When knowledge is siloed and funding opportunities are scattered, impact stalls. Strong research needs strong infrastructure. Ready to rethink your systems? Let’s talk: theopenscholar.com/contact-us

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OpenScholar @openscholar.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

Spend less time searching for funding and more time advancing research. 👉 Learn how: theopenscholar.com/os-match

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OpenScholar @openscholar.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

The funding landscape moves fast. Your discovery process should too. OS Match continuously matches research profiles to relevant funding opportunities—automatically. Explore OS Match from OpenScholar → theopenscholar.com/os-match

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OpenScholar @openscholar.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

Finding research funding just got easier. OS Match rethinks funding discovery, shifting from manual searching to precision matching—connecting researchers with opportunities that truly align with their work. Less time searching. More time moving research forward. theopenscholar.com/os-match

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OpenScholar @openscholar.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

We're thrilled to introduce OS Match, an AI-driven funding discovery solution. It cuts through noise, eliminates manual searching, and delivers curated, high-match opportunities directly to your inbox. Ready to let funding find you? #ResearchFunding #FundingDiscovery

theopenscholar.com

Introducing OS Match: A Smarter, Faster Way to Find Funding for Your Research

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OpenScholar @openscholar.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

Another incredible research community joins the OpenScholar network! Welcome, @pittcp3.bsky.social — your new site looks fantastic.

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OpenScholar @openscholar.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

Mapping connections that matter. Dr. Rebecca Campbell-Montalvo (AQUASS Lab, @usf.edu) studies how social networks shape access and equity in education and healthcare—and how understanding these structures can drive change. 🔗 www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVWI... #EquityInResearch #ResearchVisibility

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OpenScholar @openscholar.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

In today’s competitive funding landscape, visibility is strategy. 🔬 💵 In our latest post, we make the case for treating research web presence as a strategic pillar: theopenscholar.com/blog/why-res... #ResearchFunding #HigherEd #AcademicInfrastructure #ResearchVisibility

theopenscholar.com

Why Research Websites Are Critical Infrastructure in the Age of Competitive Funding

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