The Foundation
Funding, Grants & Partnerships
MDOI Foundation is committed to transparency, accountability, and responsible use of all grants, donations, sponsorships, and partnership funds received to support open scholarly infrastructure, metadata preservation, research visibility, and digital knowledge access.
| Year | Funder / partner | Type of support | Project / programme supported | Amount | Funding purpose | Implementation period | Status | Download report |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Mozilla Open Source Support — Foundational Technology | Grant | MDOI Open Metadata and Identifier Infrastructure Development | USD 250,000 | To support the development of MDOI’s open-source metadata identifier registry, persistent resolver infrastructure, metadata validation tools, public API, documentation, and privacy-conscious systems for trusted scholarly communication and African research visibility. | June 1, 2026 – July 30, 2027 | Ongoing | — |