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New directions for ASAPbio: outcomes of the July 19 workshop
On July 19, preprint service providers, funders, and researchers gathered in Cambridge, MA and via videoconference for a live-streamed ASAPbio workshop about the evolving preprint ecosystem (see video recording and collaborative notes). The goal of the meeting was to assess outstanding needs in light of recent developments, including CZI’s partnership with bioRxiv.
Aug 02, 2017
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New developments and plans for the Central Service RFA and Governing Body

May 10, 2017
Funding agencies are crucial to the development of the preprint movement. The adoption of preprints by the life sciences community has been accelerated by grant-making policies that recognize these manuscripts as a valid form of scholarly communication.
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Requesting your feedback: how should life scientists set standards for preprints?

Apr 21, 2017
May 10, 2017 update: ASAPbio has announced a four-month suspension of the RFA process to reassess the preprint ecosystem and community needs.  Preprints (scientific manuscripts that have been posted prior to completion of peer review) allow for ... They constitute a global public good that promotes scientific progress.
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ASAPbio awarded $1 million from Helmsley Charitable Trust for next-generation life sciences preprint infrastructure

Feb 23, 2017
Date: Thursday, February 23, 2017 Contact: Jessica Polka | Director, ASAPbio | [email protected] ASAPbio, a biologist-driven project to promote the productive use of preprints in the life sciences, has received a $1 million, 18-month grant fr... and Harry B.
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The Benefits of a “Central Service” for Biology Preprints

Feb 13, 2017
Preprints are complete and public manuscripts with associated data shared before undergoing peer review. Physicists, mathematicians, and computer scientists post 100,000 preprints per year to arXiv, a scientist-governed preprint server that has been in operation for over a quarter of a century.
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Principles for establishing a Central Service for Preprints: a statement from a consortium of funders

Feb 13, 2017
At the ASAPbio Funders’ Workshop, representatives from a number of funding agencies asked ASAPbio to “develop a proposal describing the governance, infrastructure and standards desired for a preprint service that represents the views of the broad... To guide this effort, a group of funders have independently formulated the following principles that will shape the Central Service.
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