![enter image description here][1] # New Members Checklist Now that you’ve joined OSF Institutions we are ready to get you started. This component contains information about the onboarding process for becoming a new institutional member. You can use the documents here to start to take advantage of your new membership. Specific resources you can find in this component include: - **[New Member Onboarding Checklist][8]** outlines each step of the onboarding process so you can track your progress - [**OSFI Institutions Setup Form**][9] collects all the information COS needs to get you up and running, but before you get started, review the **[OSF Setup Questions][10]** to see all the questions you'll need to answer - **[SSO Info][11]** goes over everything you'll need to know to get OSF integrated with your institution's single sing-on service - **[Tips for Getting Started as an OSF Institution][12]** is a list of suggestions for making the most of your new OSFI membership - **[Welcome Email Template][13]** contains a sample text you can use to craft a message to your Institution about OSFI You may also be interested in revisiting some of the documents in the [Product and Community Overview][3] component. Looking for inspiration? This fantastic page from the libraries at Johns Hopkins ([Open Science Framework (OSF) for JHU – FAQs][4]) helps explain to researchers what role OSF can play in their research and how it relates to the other offerings at JHU. Another great example come from Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. They used an OSF project space to create [an information hub][5] for their OSF users. You may also want to learn more about affiliating projects on the OSF in our [OSF Guides][6] or see who is already using [OSF Institutions][7]. [1]: https://i.imgur.com/UnIGIvv.png [2]: https://osf.io/4xtrs [3]: https://osf.io/nafm4/ [4]: https://dataservices.library.jhu.edu/resources/osf-for-jhu/ [5]: https://osf.io/abwzm/ [6]: https://help.osf.io/hc/en-us/articles/360019738374-Affiliate-an-OSF-Project-with-an-Institution [7]: https://osf.io/institutions [8]: https://osf.io/z4cep [9]: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdhzKzDy6VporC-BpInoHUnghON7VMzy9_WHJzeP43ezIsL6g/viewform [10]: https://osf.io/qzmyj [11]: https://osf.io/sfnhr [12]: https://osf.io/6udj4 [13]: https://osf.io/65q9v