OPERAS is an international not-for-profit association (AISBL), established under the Belgian law on non-for-profit associations, international non-for-profit associations and foundations of 27 June 1921, as amended by the Law of 2 May 2002. As an AISBL, OPERAS pursues a non-profit purpose of international utility.

OPERAS AISBL has been established by Royal Decree in 2020 under the name of OPEN SCHOLARLY COMMUNICATION IN THE EUROPEAN AREA FOR SCHOLARLY COMMUNICATION (in short OPERAS).

OPERAS Research infrastructure, including the central hub (OPERAS AISBL), the OPERAS’ services and our hosted projects are funded through by a mix of membership fees, ad-hoc subventions and grants, EC and nationally funded projects, crowd-funding and are, additionally, supported with in-kind contributions from our members and public e-infrastructures.

OPERAS is grateful for the great support and funding to build up a European Research Infrastructure.

Central Hub (OPERAS AISBL)

Membership Fees: 90,000.00 €/year

EU Projects & Grants

OPERAS has received funding from the European Union‘s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreements

  • No 863420 TRIPLE

OPERAS has received funding under the Horizon Europe Framework Programme under Grant Agreement No

  • No 101079608 OPERAS-PLUS
  • No 10158007 DIAMAS
  • No 101058527 Skills4EOSC
  • No 101094270 PALOMERA
  • No 101094397 CRAFT-OA
  • No 101095129 Grasp-OS

National Projects & Grants

  • FNSO Traduction (FR – Fonds National pour la Science Ouverte)
  • General Grant from French Ministry of Research & Higher Education

Non-EU Projects & Grants

  • OAeBU Data Trust (USA – Mellon Foundation)

Crowd-funding initiatives

  • SUES

OPERAS Research Infrastructure (incl. National Nodes)

OPERAS Research Infrastructures has received funding from the European Union‘s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreements

  • No 731031 OPERAS-D
  • No 731102 HIRMEOS 
  • No 871069 OPERAS-P
  • No 863420 (TRIPLE)

The OPERAS Research Infrastructure has received funding under the Horizon Europe Framework Programme under Grant Agreement No

  • OPERAS-PLUS
  • DIAMAS
  • Skills4EOSC
  • PALOMERA
  • CRAFT-OA
  • Grasp-OS

OPERAS Research Infrastructures has received funding for the establishment of the following National nodes:

  • OPERAS-GER (BMBF)
  • OPERAS-PL
  • OPERAS-FR (ANR)