Updates on our latest research on the costs of open infrastructure

"It's been a busy few months at IOI, and I wanted to provide some updates on our current research to map funding and costs of open infrastructure. We also have (2) open positions on the team:  a Director of Research & Strategy and an Engagement Lead. These positions play central roles in operationalizing IOI's core aim to provide funding recommendations and investment guidance for research infrastructure and working with core stakeholder groups to put that work into action. ... Over the past few months, our team has been working to map the underlying costs and flows of capital for open infrastructure projects in the sector.  This work builds on our research from the past year to investigate available funding data and project attributes. Our approach includes building a knowledge base of existing funding, project and grants data from a variety of public data sources, as well as qualitative research to verify those findings and further expand our understanding of project costs.   The aim of this work is to model a system of reporting key data and findings to support those looking to invest and choose open infrastructure solutions...."