2016-10-14T09:09:49-05:00 2015-12-31 540618213 HANTZMON WIEBEL LLP CPA'S 818 E JEFFERSON ST PO BOX 1408 CHARLOTTESVILLE VA 22902 990 2015-01-01 461496217 CENTER FOR OPEN SCIENCE INC CENT 4349641865 210 MCINTIRE ROAD NO 500 CHARLOTTESVILLE VA 22903 BRIAN NOSEK EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 4349641865 2016-09-26 1 P FRANK BERRY P00322544 4342962156 2015 2017-02-10 21:41:12Z BRIAN NOSEK 210 MCINTIRE ROAD NO 500 CHARLOTTESVILLE VA 22903 4863766 0 X WWW.CENTERFOROPENSCIENCE.ORG X 2013 VA THE CENTER FOR OPEN SCIENCE (COS) IS DEDICATED TO INCREASING TRANSPARENCY, INTEGRITY AND REPRODUCIBILITY IN SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH. 10 8 97 14 0 0 2064804 4467882 152386 394998 6836 886 6107 0 2230133 4863766 161393 303224 0 0 1449598 3296924 0 0 66334 423298 956992 2034289 4557140 195844 306626 4020494 2847942 3253128 1965187 767366 882755 X SEE SCHEDULE O 0 0 3001346 283212 80505 INFRASTRUCTURE: --- SEE SCHEDULE O 335680 17100 314493 METASCIENCE: --- SEE SCHEDULE O 664982 2912 COMMUNITY BUILDING: --- SEE SCHEDULE O 4002008 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15 0 97 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 10 8 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 X THE CENTER 4349641865 210 MCINTIRE ROAD SUITE 500 CHARLOTTESVILLE VA 22902 JEFF SPIES CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER 40.00 X X 160709 0 0 BRIAN NOSEK EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 40.00 X X 201552 0 0 ANDREW UPDEGROVE BOARD OF ADVISERS, MEMBER 0.10 X 0 0 0 JOSH GREENBERG BOARD OF ADVISERS, MEMBER 0.10 X 0 0 0 ALAN KRAUT BOARD OF ADVISERS, MEMBER 0.10 X 0 0 0 JOHN IOANNIDIS BOARD OF ADVISERS, MEMBER 0.10 X 0 0 0 ARTHUR LUPIA BOARD OF ADVISERS, MEMBER 0.10 X 0 0 0 HEATHER JOSEPH BOARD OF ADVISERS, MEMBER 0.10 X 0 0 0 MARCIA MCNUT BOARD OF ADVISERS, MEMBER 0.10 X 0 0 0 VICTORIA STODDEN BOARD OF ADVISERS, MEMBER 0.10 X 0 0 0 362261 0 0 2 0 1 0 R E LEE & SON INC 2811 HYDRAULIC RD CHARLOTTESVILLE VA 22901 CONSTRUCTION 242511 1 227376 4240506 4467882 SERVICE & MANAGEMENT F 541610 394998 394998 394998 886 886 4863766 394998 0 886 58621 58621 143552 143552 101051 101051 362261 308878 47003 6380 2398394 2135742 218811 43841 75985 67152 7444 1389 278453 139066 136196 3191 181831 160257 18323 3251 80241 70459 8613 1169 21345 21238 94 13 23748 22234 1333 181 181131 154439 23502 3190 221660 218824 2497 339 4966 4966 78099 66591 10133 1375 5555 4736 721 98 REPRODUCIBILITY PROJECT 231370 231370 DUES AND FEES 69889 59590 9069 1230 CLEANING AND MAINTENANC 15724 13407 2040 277 MISCELLANEOUS 11272 9610 1462 200 11992 10225 1557 210 4557140 4002008 488798 66334 3471706 1759117 21769 195181 7205 30669 723766 128708 257577 595058 256042 254587 6195 13330 4020494 2847942 31252 101229 223687 1059931 2976339 784306 21850 19721 3253128 1965187 X 767366 882755 767366 882755 4020494 2847942 306626 -191237 0 X X 0 1 X 0 0 X 1242480 1873567 4467882 7583929 1242480 1873567 4467882 7583929 6714892 869037 596 6836 886 8318 6107 6107 7598354 547603 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 329986 49473 280513 393780 79235 314545 595058 PAYROLL LIABILITIES 19721 19721 X 4863766 0 4863766 0 4863766 4557140 0 4557140 0 4557140 PART X, LINE 2: THE ORGANIZATION HAS REVIEWED AND EVALUATED THE RELEVANT TECHNICAL MERITS OF EACH OF ITS TAX POSITIONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH GUIDANCE ESTABLISHED BY THE FASB AND DETERMINED THAT THERE ARE NO UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS THAT WOULD HAVE A MATERIAL IMPACT ON THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF THE ORGANIZATION. 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 DIRECT CASH FUNDING FOR SPECIFIC RESEARCH PROJECTS EUROPE (INCLUDING ICELAND & GREENLAND) - ALBANIA, ANDORRA, AUSTRIA, BELGIU 14 83703 CHECK AND WIRE TRANSFERS DIRECT CASH FUNDING FOR SPECIFIC RESEARCH PROJECTS SOUTH AMERICA - ARGENTINA, BOLIVIA, BRAZIL, CHILE, COLUMBIA, ECUADOR, 2 9348 CHECK AND WIRE TRANSFERS DIRECT CASH FUNDING FOR SPECIFIC RESEARCH PROJECTS RUSSIA 1 8000 CHECK AND WIRE TRANSFERS 0 0 0 0 0 0 PART I, LINE 2: GRANTS ARE APPROVED BASED ON SPECIFIC RESEARCH GOALS. GRANTEES ARE REQUIRED TO SUBMIT REPORTS OF THEIR RESEARCH FINDINGS. 1 GROWING TECHNOLOGIES LLC 110 5TH ST SE CHARLOTTESVILLE VA 22902 201254424 8000 INTEGRATING ONEDRIVE WITH THE OSF. DURASPACE 9450 SW GEMINI DR 79059 BEAVERTON OR 97008 260389639 501(C)(3) 15000 TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF VIVO AND SHARE INTEGRATION BY CREATING SHARE HARVESTERS AND INTERFACES. NEW VENTURE FUND 1201 CONNECTICUT AVE NW SUITE 300 WASHINGTON DC 20036 205806345 501(C)(3) 25000 TO BUILD THE OPEN DATA BUTTON IN CONNECTION WITH THE OSF TO GIVE USERS THE POWER TO ASK AUTHORS FOR THE DATA BEHIND PAPERS. UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME 111 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CENTER NOTRE DAME IN 46556 350868188 501(C)(3) 10000 TO SUPPORT COLLABORATIVE INTEGRATION OF THE NOTRE DAME CENTER FOR RESEARCH COMPUTING WITH THE OSF. 3 1 DIRECT RESEARCH GRANT FUNDING 31 143552 PART I, LINE 2: GRANTS ARE AWARDED FOR SPECIFIC RESEARCH PROJECTS. RESULTS OF THE RESEARCH ARE REPORTED TO THE CENTER. X X X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 JEFF SPIES CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER 160709 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 160709 0 0 0 BRIAN NOSEK EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 201552 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 201552 0 0 0 PART I, LINE 3 COMPENSATION PACKAGE MUST BE COMPETITIVE WITH SIMILAR POSITIONS IN THE INDUSTRY IN ORDER TO ATTRACT AND RETAIN EXECUTIVE TALENT. THE COMPENSATIONS COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD OF ADVISERS IS RESPONSIBLE FOR APPROVAL, OVERSIGHT, AND ADMINISTRATION OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER'S COMPENSATION. FORM 990, PART III- LINE 1: DESCRIPTION OF ORGANIZATION'S MISSION STATEMENT COS IS A NON-PROFIT TECHNOLOGY COMPANY AIMING TO PROMOTE OPENNESS, INTEGRITY, AND REPRODUCIBILITY OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH. COS ACCOMPLISHES THIS BY: (1) PROVIDING FREE TOOLS AND SERVICES SUCH AS THE OPEN SCIENCE FRAMEWORK (OSF; HTTP://OSF.IO/) TO SUPPORT RESEARCH AND DATA MANAGEMENT; (2) ENGAGING IN COMMUNITY-BUILDING ACTIVITIES TO PROMOTE TRANSPARENCY AND OPENNESS AND NUDGE THE INCENTIVES DRIVING RESEARCHERS' BEHAVIOR TOWARD OPENNESS; AND (3) CONDUCTING METASCIENCE RESEARCH - RESEARCH ON SCIENTIFIC PRACTICES - TO IDENTIFY AREAS AND METHODS TO IMPROVE RESEARCH EFFICIENCY. FORM 990, PART III, LINE 4A, PROGRAM SERVICE ACCOMPLISHMENTS: INFRASTRUCTURE: COS SUPPORTS AND MAINTAINS THE OSF (WWW.OSF.IO) TO HELP RESEARCHERS MANAGE, ARCHIVE, AND SHARE THEIR RESEARCH, PRIVATELY OR PUBLICLY. IN 2015, COS MADE SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS IN ESTABLISHING THE OSF AS A FULL-FEATURED APPLICATION FRAMEWORK. THIS IS THE RESULT OF THE RELEASE OF OR SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS TO A NUMBER OF CORE FEATURES INCLUDING AUTHENTICATION, METADATA, MESSAGING, VERSION CONTROL, ACCESS CONTROL, DATABASING, STORAGE SERVICES, AND A PUBLIC API. THE OSF IS NOW POSITIONED PERFECTLY AS A FREE, PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE FOR CREATING, CONNECTING, AND INTEGRATING COUNTLESS SERVICES ACROSS THE RESEARCH LIFECYCLE. INTERNALLY, THIS IS EVIDENT THROUGH NEW INITIATIVES LIKE OUR BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH DATA COLLECTION TOOLS. BUILDING ON THE OSF, WE ARE CREATING A FREE, OPEN SERVICE THAT WILL INHABIT THE MARKETPLACE CURRENTLY DOMINATED BY TOOLS LIKE QUALTRICS, SURVEYMONKEY AND SOME SMALLER, MORE ELABORATE EXPERIMENT PLATFORMS. BECAUSE OF THE OSF'S OPEN, MODULAR DESIGN, WE AND OTHERS WILL BE ABLE TO INCORPORATE THE BACK-END SERVICES TO SUPPORT ANY KIND OF FRONT-END USER INTERFACES FOR COLLECTION OF SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH PARTICIPANT DATA, WITH THE ABILITY TO EXTEND VERY EASILY TO COLLECTION OF META-DATA FOR ANY RESEARCH APPLICATION (NOT LIMITED TO SOCIAL SCIENCE). OUR MODULAR, OPEN APPROACH WILL SAVE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF STARTUP AND MAINTENANCE TIME FOR THOSE LOOKING TO BUILD SPECIALIZED SERVICES BY PROVIDING THEM WITH KEY, COMMON INFRASTRUCTURE ELEMENTS THAT EVERYONE ELSE ALSO NEEDS. THIS WAY, NEW TOOLS AND SERVICES CAN FOCUS ON THEIR SPECIFIC INTEREST AND CORE EXPERTISE RATHER THAN REDUNDANT (AND LESS EFFECTIVE) IMPLEMENTATION OF BACK-END TOOLS THAT SUPPORT THEIR NEW SERVICE. FURTHER, FUNDERS WHO SPONSOR PROJECTS ALSO WIN BY AVOIDING REDUNDANCY IN FOUNDATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT. FUNDERS CAN GET THE SAME OUTPUT WITH MUCH SMALLER GRANTS TO TEAMS THAT BUILD THEIR SERVICE ON TOP OF THE OSF APPLICATION FRAMEWORK. LINKING SERVICES UNDER DEVELOPMENT IN 2015: - DISCOVERY TOOLS: VIVO - DATA MANAGEMENT PLANNING: DMPTOOL - RESEARCH PLANNING: EVERNOTE - RESEARCH WORKFLOWS: GALAXY - DATA ANALYSIS: JASP STATS - COMPUTATION IN THE CLOUD: UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME'S CENTER FOR RESEARCH COMPUTING - CODE REPOSITORY: BITBUCKET - DATA STORAGE: ONEDRIVE - DATA REPOSITORIES: DRYAD, NEUROVAULT, ZENODO - AUTHORING: SHARELATEX - PUBLISHING: UBIQUITY PRESS, OPEN JOURNAL SYSTEMS FORM 990, PART III, LINE 4B, PROGRAM SERVICE ACCOMPLISHMENTS: METASCIENCE: COS SUPPORTS RESEARCH ON SCIENTIFIC PRACTICES. THESE EFFORTS CAN INFORM BEST PRACTICES AND SERVE AS PLATFORMS TO DEMONSTRATE REPRODUCIBLE RESEARCH METHODS. SOME ACHIEVEMENTS FROM 2015 INCLUDE: - PUBLICATION OF REPRODUCIBILITY PROJECT: PSYCHOLOGY RESULTS IN THE IN JOURNAL SCIENCE (JUNE, 2015). - THE REPRODUCIBILITY PROJECT: CANCER BIOLOGY WILL SOON PUBLISH ITS FIRST RESULTS. THAT PROJECT WILL PUBLISH THE INDIVIDUAL REPLICATIONS IN SMALL BATCHES AND THEN A SUMMARY REPORT AT THE VERY END OF THE PROJECT. - THROUGH EXTERNAL GRANT AWARDS, COS SUPPORTED THE REPRODUCIBILITY PROJECT: TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION (TDCS) AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA - DAVIS. - WE CONDUCTED AND COMPLETED A STUDY ON THE IMPACT OF BADGES UPON DATA SHARING. THIS STUDY FOUND THAT THE JOURNAL PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE EXPERIENCED AN INCREASE IN DATA SHARING FROM AROUND 3 PERCENT OF PUBLISHED ARTICLES TO NEARLY 40 PERCENT IN ONLY 1.5 YEARS FOLLOWING ADOPTION OF BADGES. COMPARISON JOURNALS WITHOUT BADGES SHOWED NO CHANGE IN DATA SHARING OVER THE SAME PERIOD. IN 2016, WE WILL USE THESE FINDINGS TO PROMOTE ADOPTION OF BADGES AS SIMPLE INCENTIVES TOWARDS MORE OPEN EDITORIAL POLICIES. FORM 990, PART III, LINE 4C, PROGRAM SERVICE ACCOMPLISHMENTS: COMMUNITY: COS FOSTERS OPEN SCIENCE COMMUNITIES OF RESEARCHERS, DEVELOPERS, AND LEADERS. MANY INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS IN DEVELOPMENT OUTSIDE COS WILL INCREASE OPENNESS IN SCIENCE. COS IS WORKING TO ESTABLISH AN OPEN DEVELOPER COMMUNITY WHICH WILL ENHANCE COLLABORATION AND INTERACTIVITY AMONGST SILOED EFFORTS. FURTHER, AN ACTIVE OPEN SCIENCE COMMUNITY IS ESSENTIAL FOR TESTING AND IMPROVING INFRASTRUCTURE AND PRACTICES. OPEN SCIENCE PRACTICES WILL ACCELERATE DRAMATICALLY IF STAKEHOLDERS WITH LEVERS FOR CHANGE CREATE INCENTIVES OR REQUIREMENTS FOR RESEARCHERS. COS PROMOTES OPEN SCIENCE PRACTICES WITH JOURNALS, FUNDERS, RESEARCHERS, AND SOCIETIES. PREREGISTRATION CHALLENGE: THE PREREGISTRATION CHALLENGE KICKED OFF IN 2015. PREREGISTRATION INCREASES THE CREDIBILITY OF HYPOTHESIS TESTING BY CONFIRMING IN ADVANCE WHAT WILL BE ANALYZED AND REPORTED. FOR THE PREREGISTRATION CHALLENGE, ONE THOUSAND RESEARCHERS WILL RECEIVE $1,000 EACH FOR PUBLISHING RESULTS OF PREREGISTERED RESEARCH. PRESENTATIONS: IN 2015, COS PRESENTED AT 9 MAJOR CONFERENCES INCLUDING THE ASSA, SLAS, ACS, STM ASSOCIATION, RMPA, ARL, AND RDA. ACROSS CONFERENCES, MEETINGS, AND WORKSHOPS IN 2015 COS STAFF HAVE PRESENTED AT LEAST 92 TIMES AND REACHED OVER 5,200 INDIVIDUALS. FUNDERS AND JOURNALS: IN 2015, THE FOLLOWING JOURNALS BEGAN RECOMMENDING THE OSF: LANGUAGE LEARNING, PALGRAVE COMMUNICATIONS, ELIFE, COGNITION AND EMOTION, COGNITION, NATURE SCIENTIFIC DATA, HUMAN MOVEMENT SCIENCE, BIOMEDCENTRAL, F1000, PEERJ, AND PLOS. RECOMMENDING FUNDERS NOW INCLUDE LJAF, THE ALFRED P. SLOAN FOUNDATION, AND THE CHILDREN'S INVESTMENT FUND FOUNDATION.. INCENTIVES FOR OPEN PRACTICES: IN 2015, WE LAUNCHED THE TRANSPARENCY AND OPENNESS PROMOTION (TOP) GUIDELINES INITIATIVE. THE TOP GUIDELINES ARE A CULMINATION OF WORKSHOPS AND CONTRIBUTIONS FROM MANY JOURNAL AND FUNDER REPRESENTATIVES ACROSS MANY DIFFERENT RESEARCH COMMUNITIES. THE TOP GUIDELINES INTEGRATE COS TRANSPARENCY PRODUCTS (E.G. BADGES, REGISTERED REPORTS, PREREGISTRATION) INTO MAINSTREAM EDITORIAL POLICIES AND RESEARCHER PRACTICES. SINCE LAUNCH IN EARLY 2015, WE HAVE RECRUITED 538 JOURNALS AND 57 ORGANIZATIONS AS SIGNATORIES. EACH HAVE COMMITTED TO CONDUCT A REVIEW OF THE STANDARDS AND INCREMENTAL LEVELS FOR POTENTIAL ADOPTION. IN 2016, WE WILL WORK WITH SIGNATORIES ON ADOPTION AND INCREMENTAL IMPLEMENTATION. EDUCATION AND TRAINING: COS OPERATES A FREE EDUCATION AND TRAINING PROGRAM IN REPRODUCIBLE AND OPEN PRACTICES. IN 2015, WE HELD 40 TRAINING SESSIONS AND REACHED AN ESTIMATED 850 PEOPLE. THIS SERVICE SUPPORTS OUR OTHER INITIATIVES SUCH AS THE PREREGISTRATION CHALLENGE, REPRODUCIBILITY PROJECTS, AND A RCT TO EVALUATE THE IMPACT OF THE OSF IN COLLABORATION WITH UC RIVERSIDE. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 6 THE TWO CO-FOUNDERS ARE FOUNDING MEMBERS OF THE ORGANIZATION. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 7A PURSUANT TO THE ORGANIZATION'S ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION AND BYLAWS, THE FOUNDING MEMBERS HAVE THE RIGHT TO APPOINT BOARD MEMBERS. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11 COPIES OF THE CENTER'S FORM 990 ARE PROVIDED TO ALL MEMBERS OF THE BOARD FOR THEIR REVIEW PRIOR TO FILING OF THE RETURN. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 18 COPIES OF THE CENTER'S FORM 1023 AND FORM 990 ARE AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION AT THE CENTER'S OFFICE. THE CENTER WILL PROVIDE COPIES OF THE FORMS 1023 AND 990 UPON REQUEST. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 THE CENTER MAKES COPIES OF ITS GOVERNING DOCUMENTS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST. FORM 990, PART XII, QUESTION 2C: NO CHANGES IN THE OVERSIGHT OR SELECTION PROCESSES FROM THE PRIOR YEAR. 990: PART XI - LINE 8 PRIOR PERIOD ADJUSTMENT THE CENTER HAS RESTATED ITS BEGINNING NET ASSETS TO CORRECT AN ERROR RELATED TO DEFERRED REVENUE AND GRANT REVENUE IN 2014. DURING 2014, THE CENTER ERRONEOUSLY REPORTED $191,237 OF DEFERRED REVENUE AS GRANT REVENUE. THE REPORTING ERROR CAUSED THE CENTER'S 2014 REVENUE TO BE OVERSTATED WHILE THE LIABILITY WAS UNDERSTATED.