This is the legacy support project for the OSF Institutional Membership Program. Most of the files in this project are kept up to date and used in the new Support website at: https://osf-partner-support.helpscoutdocs.com/article/615-welcome-to-osf-institutions
Information found on wiki pages in this project or its sub-projects may be out of date. Please refer to the support site above for up-to-date information.
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*To speak with someone about joining OSF Institutions fill out the [Interest Form][2].*
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# Increase the Visibility of Your Institutional Research, Accelerate Open Science #
OSF Institutions enhances transparency and increases the visibility of research outputs, accelerating discovery and reuse. The Center for Open Science partners with institutions to provide a suite of researcher and administrative features built on the OSF infrastructure to help researchers manage, collaborate and share their work. We provide training and guide resources to enable researchers in transparent, open, and reproducible workflows, and collaborate with institutional staff to overcome challenges and showcase the open and reproducible outputs contributed by their research community.
You can focus on generating and sharing research and let OSF Institutions handle the infrastructure.
## Adoption of OSF for institutions ##
OSF for Institutions aims to improve research data management workflows for researchers. The OSF streamlines the research workflow and increases users’ ability to:
- Organize project materials and data
- Be transparent about research and methods
- Collaborate at all levels of a project within the institution and with outside collaborators.
- Link all related data and materials
- Conveniently share and make parts or whole projects public, and simultaneously retain security and privacy of projec elements that are not shareable because of ethical or proprietary considerations.
- Archive and cite projects easily.
## Additional Collaboration ##
Additional areas of potential collaboration can enhance the engagement of OSF users at your organization and create a more seamless experience. These options include:
- Workshops to engage the research community at your institution on improving openness and reproducibility of research.
- A custom URL to integrate OSF within your university's online presence
- Connect repositories with OSF for interoperability across systems
- Research culture survey at your institution
# OSFI Membership Benefits
- Branded discovery page
- Dedicated project manager
- SSO
Additional benefits are available at different membership levels or for additional fees:
- Insights dashboard
- Training
- Integration development
- Custom domain
See the page at [cos.io/products/osf-institutions][3] for more details.
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# OSFI Product and Service Resources #
If you are interested in finding out more about OSF Institutions, you can find resources in this component in the [Files section][4]. Materials there include:
## Background on OSF and COS ##
**[A Brief but Friendly Introduction to OSF and the Center for Open Science][5]** to help you understand the Center for Open Science and the Open Science Framework
**[OSF 101 video][6]** a video exploration of the OSF from the researcher's point of view
**[Open Research Lifecycle Infographic][7]** gives an overview of the typical cycle of research projects and how the OSF provides support at each stage
**[OSF Product Coversheet][8]** is an overview of all of the different products OSF offers including OSF Institutions
**[OSF Institutions Infographic][9]** provides a one-page description of the OSF Institutions service
**[OSF Collections Infographic][10]** provides a one-page description of another OSF product: Collections
## OSF Accessibility and Security Information ##
**[Center for Open Science Accessibility Statement][11]** explains our committment to accessibility
**[Center for Open Science Accessibility Conformance Report][12]** shows how the OSF compares to standard measure of accessibility
**[OSFI Institutional Security Overview][13]** is an overview of the security standards used for OSF
## OSF Business Brief ##
**[OSFI Business Brief][14]** and **[OSFI Business Brief Template (editable)][15]** provide you with a persuasive argument you can customize and take back to your institution to get them on board with OSFI
**[Read about OSF Institutions on the COS website][16]** for an overview of the service specifically geared towards administrators, librarians, and researchers.
**[OSF Institutions Infographic][17]** provides a one-page description of the OSF Institutions service
**[COS OSTP Fact Sheet][18]** describes how OSF supports public access to federally fundedresearch data and publications
**[OSF Institutions Service Summary][19]** is a brief overview of the services offered in OSFI Service Agreement in a readable format
**[OSF Institutions Service Agreement][20]** is a copy of the standard service agreement COS uses with institutional members
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# Find out more #
Please take a look at the resources in the Files section for more information. **If you would like to speak with someone about joining OSF Institutions fill out the [Interest Form][21].** If you have other questions please contact us at: [https://www.cos.io/contact-us][22]
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[3]: https://www.cos.io/products/osf-institutions
[4]: https://osf.io/nafm4/files/googledrive
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[8]: https://osf.io/h2qex
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[12]: https://osf.io/bc4sk
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[14]: https://osf.io/mysde
[15]: https://osf.io/65ygr
[16]: https://www.cos.io/products/osf-institutions
[17]: https://osf.io/qj7nh
[18]: https://osf.io/a6dzg
[19]: https://osf.io/rymuc
[20]: https://osf.io/ju3ya
[21]: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSezg3cUZ7vVET4CRmpmqgCLpnj6SxF5OF4hh5PpirTg3E-i0g/viewform?hsCtaTracking=64c770f8-4bc6-4b8c-8745-ba0cc065b1a9%7Ce7ec050e-527a-4df9-9ce0-da5d96d6f360
[22]: https://www.cos.io/contact-us