This page visualizes key organizations, platforms, and initiatives that make up the open science and open source ecosystem. Categories span community groups, infrastructure, funding, publishing, and beyond. Click on a category to jump to its section.
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Funding & Grants
| Chan Zuckerberg Initiative |
Funds open science software and infrastructure |
https://chanzuckerberg.com |
| Alfred P. Sloan Foundation |
Supports research in science, technology and economics |
https://sloan.org |
| Mozilla Foundation |
Grants for internet health and open source |
https://mozilla.org |
| Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation |
Data-Driven Discovery Initiative funding |
https://moore.org |
| NumFOCUS |
Fiscal sponsorship for open source scientific projects |
https://numfocus.org |
| Wellcome Trust |
Global charitable foundation supporting science and health |
https://wellcome.org |
| RConsortium |
Supports the R community through grants and infrastructure |
https://r-consortium.org |
Training & Education
| FORRT |
Framework for Open and Reproducible Research Training |
https://forrt.org |
| Code Refinery |
Train in research software development |
https://coderefinery.org |
| Programming Historian |
Publish novice-friendly, peer-reviewed tutorials that help humanists learn digital tools. |
https://programminghistorian.org |
| FOSTER |
Facilitating Open Science Training for European Research |
https://fosteropenscience.eu |
Publishing & Peer Review
| JOSS |
Journal of Open Source Software - peer review for research software |
https://joss.theoj.org |
| JOSE |
Journal of Open Source Education |
https://jose.theoj.org |
| PeerJ |
Open access peer-reviewed scientific journal |
https://peerj.com |
| eLife |
Open access journal with innovative review process |
https://elifesciences.org |
| F1000Research |
Open research publishing with open peer review |
https://f1000research.com |
Standards & Best Practices
| FAIR4RS |
FAIR principles for research software |
https://fair-software.eu |
| Software Sustainability Institute |
Better software for research |
https://software.ac.uk |
| Research Software Alliance |
Global community for research software |
https://researchsoft.org |
| Force11 |
Advancing scholarly communication |
https://force11.org |
| Open Source Initiative |
Steward of open source definition and licenses |
https://opensource.org |
Advocacy & Policy
| Center for Open Science |
Mission to increase openness and reproducibility |
https://cos.io |
| Creative Commons |
Open licensing for creative works |
https://creativecommons.org |
| Open Knowledge Foundation |
Promoting open data and open content |
https://okfn.org |
| SPARC |
Advocacy for open access and open education |
https://sparcopen.org |
| Right to Research Coalition |
Student voice for open access |
https://righttoresearch.org |
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About
This map is curated by the open science community.
First version by @yabellini. Updated by ORCA CAP Projects 2025