The OpenScience Project

• Aims:

• To catalyze open source development in science.

• To introduce talented undergraduates, grad students, and post-docs in the natural sciences to the information industries.

• To increase interactions between scientists and the public.

• Scope:

• Web site (www.openscience.org) containing hierarchical list of links to open source scientific software.

• Key software projects to seed a larger effort.

• Funding:

• Alfred P. Sloan Foundation