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Open Science Framework (OSF)

Center for Open Science

Free, open-source project management and preregistration infrastructure for the whole research lifecycle, including registrations, file and protocol storage, and long-term preservation.

Indicative award
Not a cash award (not a cash award)Free to use; no award. The page cites a preservation fund sufficient for 50+ years of read-access hosting at present costs. No storage quota is published on this page.
Timing
Rolling / openNo specific published date recorded. This funder publishes a cycle rather than a date, and this database does not invent one.Continuously available; no application or cycle.
Who can apply
Master's / undergraduate, Doctoral candidate, Postdoctoral, Early-career faculty, Mid-career & senior, Any faculty rank, Practitioner
Eligibility
Open to researchers generally; the product page states no institutional affiliation requirement. Anyone can create an account and a project, make parts public or private, and create time-stamped read-only registrations. Institutional dashboards exist separately but are not required to use OSF.
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Topics
preregistration · open data · project management · research preservation
Apply at
https://www.cos.io/products/osf
This entry
Curated by the working group. Written 2026-08-07. Funder link last confirmed to resolve on 2026-09-25.

Amounts and dates on this page are indicative and are maintained by people rather than scraped. Funders change ceilings, windows and eligibility without notice; confirm all details at the source above before applying.

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