Research Data Management

Open Science Framework (OSF)

The Open Science Framework (OSF) is a free and open source web application built by the Center for Open Science that provides all researchers with a mechanism to organize, collaborate, share, and store components of their research projects. Features of the OSF include:

• Individual user dashboards to manage multiple projects, both private and public
• Collaborative capabilities to share data within and beyond institutions and research groups
• Version control measures
• Access control at both project and file levels
• Persistent identifiers (DOIs) for all work and a platform to register and share work, whether in process or complete
• Storage add-ons for bringing together documents, data, code, and related products that are stored in different spaces such as Github, Google Drive, and Box

OSF is designed to function with your workflow and to facilitate sharing at any point in the research process, either privately among your peers, or publicly with a persistent identifier and a citation.

OSF Sign Up

Anyone can sign up for OSF here (Choose “login” and then select “login through your institution”). Choose "Sign Up" and register, or sign up using your ORCID.

Resources

• OSF Guides provide detailed information on topics such as security and privacy, sharing projects, setting up add ons, and more.
• Visit the OSF FAQ for answers to common OSF questions.
• OSF also offers OSF Preprints.