The OSI community is very grateful for the support it receives from partners, sponsors, delegates, and volunteer organizers. OSI partners include the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the Science Communication Institute (which oversees OSI), and the universities who help develop, host, and make this event possible every year (George Mason University in 2016, George Washington University in 2017, and American University in 2018). Sponsors contribute funding only and do not influence OSI’s agenda or findings, which is determined by OSI’s participants and leadership. The sponsors for each year are listed below (in US$):
Source |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
| Alfred P. Sloan Foundation | $20,000 | $20,000 | $20,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| American Geophysical Union | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $1,000 | $0 |
| Cabell’s | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $5,000 | $0 | $5,000 | $0 |
| Cactus Communications | $0 | $0 | $0 | $5,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Copyright Clearance Center | $2,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Delta Think | $0 | $0 | $0 | $500 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Doris Duke Charitable Foundation | $0 | $25,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Elsevier | $7,500 | $20,000 | $10,000 | $5,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Emerald Publishing Ltd. | $0 | $0 | $0 | $1,000 | $1,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| George Mason University | $4,500 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Laura & John Arnold Foundation | $5,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Nature Publishing Group (Macmillan) | $5,000 | $10,000 | $10,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| PressForward Institute (via Sloan) | $5,500 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Research Consulting Ltd. | $0 | $0 | $0 | $1,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| ResearchMedia | $500 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Sage Publications | $5,000 | $5,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Taylor & Francis (Informa) | $0 | $5,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| UNESCO | $48,000 | $25,000 | $13,000 | $0 | $2,000* | $2,500* | $0 | $0 |
| Wiley | $7,500 | $10,000 | $10,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Conference fees (@ $500 ea) | $58,000 | $14,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Individual donations | $350 | $300 | $0 | $375 | $875 | $875 | $120 | $3,300 |
| Total income | $168,850 | $134,300 | $63,000 | $12,875 | $8,875 | $3,375 | $6,120 | $3,300 |
Cumulatively, OSI funding is roughly evenly split between UNESCO, private foundations, publishers, and conference participation fees. Sponsors don’t receive any privileged consideration with regard to issue ideas or opinions; the views of all participants are equally weighted. We are tremendously grateful to all our sponsors for helping make this global collaborative effort possible.