Emily Ford, Open Research Funders Group Ereoshi Turnquest, Templeton Religion Trust Josh Gottesman, Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research Prachee Avasthi, The Astera Institute

SPARC operates as an independent project of the New Venture Fund, a 501(c)(3) public charity. SPARC’s governance is overseen by our Steering Committee, elected by the membership.

SPARC operates as an independent project of the New Venture Fund, a 501(c)(3) public charity. SPARC’s governance is overseen by our Steering Committee, elected by the membership.

SPARC operates as an independent project of the New Venture Fund, a 501(c)(3) public charity. SPARC’s governance is overseen by our Steering Committee, elected by the membership.

Thursday, September 16th at 8:00 AM PT / 11:00 AM ET / 4:00 PM BST / 5:00 PM CET. This ICOR meeting will explore 3 private funders' perspectives on crafting, implementing, and monitoring open research policies. Features speakers: Ereoshi Turnquest, Templeton Religion Trust  Josh Gottesman, The Michael J. Fox Foundation…

SPARC is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that supports open systems for research and education that enable everyone, everywhere to access, contribute to, and benefit from the knowledge that shapes ...

Inclusive Access is a textbook sales model that adds the cost of digital course content into students’ tuition and fees. It is also known as automatic textbook billing.

This report examines the financial performance of the three largest US higher education course materials publishers—Pearson, McGraw Hill, and Cengage—covering the period from October 2024 to March 202...

Building on our popular “Open Access 101” events, SPARC is pleased to announce a new series, Collections & Open Access: Resourcing Open Scholarship, that will dive deeper into topics at the intersecti...

Fair use is a critical right that permits the use of copyrighted material without permission from the copyright owner for a wide variety of socially beneficial purposes.

The Open Research Funders Group (ORFG) is pleased to welcome The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research (MJFF) as its newest contributing member.

Federal public access policy rests on a legal architecture that most authors and institutions never see: the Federal Purpose License, the Uniform Guidance at 2 CFR Part 200, and the agency policies bu...

NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Request for Information on Measuring and Rewarding Scientific Impact NOT-OD-26-087. NIH

Building on our popular “Open Access 101” events, SPARC is pleased to announce a new series, Collections & Open Access: Resourcing Open Scholarship, that will dive deeper into topics at the intersecti...

Federal public access policy rests on a legal architecture that most authors and institutions never see: the Federal Purpose License, the Uniform Guidance at 2 CFR Part 200, and the agency policies bu...