2026 State of Open Infrastructure Report Published Today by @investinopen.bsky.social
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@infodocket.bsky.socialReposted by @investinopen.bsky.social@investinopen.bsky.socialThe report digs into three connected areas: funding and sustainability, generative AI's impact on research integrity, and global trends shaping what's ahead.
Read it today: investinopen.org/blog/the-202... 3/3
@investinopen.bsky.socialOnly 29% of that funding went directly to open infrastructures. Just 10% supported the maintenance that keeps them running. We invest heavily in the research that depends on open infrastructure, and far less in the infrastructure itself. 2/3
@investinopen.bsky.socialOut now: IOI's 2026 State of Open Infrastructure report. 🧵
We’ve analyzed more than US$663 million in open infrastructure grant funding across 1,065 awards and 94 open infrastructures from 2021-2026. What we found is something we can't stop thinking about. 1/3
@investinopen.bsky.socialWhat good is rescued data if no one can find it, connect it to what they need, or trust it’ll still be there next year?
Today at Climate Week NYC, IOI’s Katherine Skinner will share insights on how we can collectively shift from data rescue to data resilience
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@investinopen.bsky.socialIOI is hiring a Director of Business Development to help grow investment in and adoption of open infrastructure, while leading fundraising, partnerships, business development, and communications.
Apply by Oct 5: drive.google.com/file/d/16t3B...
@investinopen.bsky.socialPJIP is a free, open-access journal directory that helps researchers make informed submission decisions tracking review times, acceptance rates, and research integrity indicators across more than 15,000 journals.
See the full entry: infrafinder.investinopen.org/solutions/pr...
@investinopen.bsky.socialThat's a wrap on our 3-part look at LA Referencia's first 6 months under the IOI Fund for Network Adoption: smarter multilingual search, sovereign dARK identifiers, and a live regional data repository.
Read our full highlights blog post: investinopen.org/blog/ioi-fun...
@investinopen.bsky.socialInfrastructure alone isn't enough, data services need people who know how to run them. LA Referencia is building a 16-hour MOOC on data management & curation in Dataverse as part of a 3-part regional training program.
Check out their MOOC: la-referencia-ioi.github.io/reports/prod...
@investinopen.bsky.socialHow do you keep a research identifier trustworthy for decades without depending on one company or server? LA Referencia split dARK 2.0 into separate pieces: a tamper-evident ledger for the "proof" layer & separate storage for descriptive metadata anyone can verify.
@investinopen.bsky.socialSix months into the IOI Fund grant, LAReferencia has updated records for 362 repositories across Latin America and completed repository curation for eight countries.
la-referencia-ioi.github.io/reports/prod...
Read our blog post for more
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@investinopen.bsky.socialSix months ago, @LAReferencia became one of two inaugural grantees of the IOI Fund for Network Adoption. This week we're sharing highlights from their work so far: multilingual search, decentralized persistent identifiers, & a regional data repository.
@investinopen.bsky.social⚠️ The future of research depends on open knowledge infrastructure. Recent funding cuts & policy changes are a major threat. We need to protect the tools & services that power scientific discovery.
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investinopen.orgStatement of support for a global research ecosystemOur global research ecosystem is at risk — it's time to invest in the tools and services that power research and scholarship.