The OSSP public researcher profile enables academic researchers to maintain an openly-accessible resume/bibliography, and build a peer network that encourages interdisciplinary collaboration

By enabling academic researchers to maintain public profiles, we seek to (a) provide researchers with a central platform where they - irrespective of their field of study or institutional affiliation - may maintain a professional profile that will follow them as they transition between degree programs, departments, and institutions.

In addition, through enabling researchers to build networks by linking their profiles with those of their advisors, mentors, colleagues, and students; we seek also to (b) encourage researchers to build relationships with larger groups of their peers and to utilize these relationships by actively seeking out and engaging in collaborative research across disciplines and institutions.

When a researcher completes their registration process, they will be taken to their homepage where they may create and begin managing their public profile.

Currently OSSP public researcher profiles allow researchers to enter the following information:

• Contact details (e.g. phone number, postal/street address, email, homepage link)

• Internships/graduate student positions available within the researcher's lab(s)

• Research/non-research interests

• Professional/academic background - including degrees earned, positions held, and awards received

In addition, depending upon the subscription level selected, researchers can also manage their publication data by linking their profiles with their publications/abstracts.