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Community of Science was a collection of
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s, providing
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information to both the public and subscribers, and services for the research community. It is owned by
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.


History

Community of Science was founded in 1988 by
Johns Hopkins University Johns Hopkins University (Johns Hopkins, Hopkins, or JHU) is a private research university in Baltimore, Maryland. Founded in 1876, Johns Hopkins is the oldest research university in the United States and in the western hemisphere. It consiste ...
. The Community of Science databases were originally hosted online at http://cos.gdb.org/, on the webserver of the
GDB Human Genome Database The GDB Human Genome Database was a community curated collection of human genomic data. It was a key database in the Human Genome Project and was in service from 1989 to 2008. History In 1989 the Howard Hughes Medical Institute provided funding to ...
. Community of Science was also accessible via
U.S. Department of Agriculture The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is the federal executive department responsible for developing and executing federal laws related to farming, forestry, rural economic development, and food. It aims to meet the needs of com ...
CRIS,
National Science Foundation The National Science Foundation (NSF) is an independent agency of the United States government that supports fundamental research and education in all the non-medical fields of science and engineering. Its medical counterpart is the National ...
, and
Department of Health and Human Services The United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is a cabinet-level executive branch department of the U.S. federal government created to protect the health of all Americans and providing essential human services. Its motto is ...
. the CEO and president was Huntington Williams, and the organisation was located in Baltimore, Maryland.


Databases

* Community of Science Expertise * Community of Science Funding Opportunities – categorised according to a standardised list of keywords Canadian editions of these databases also existed.


Services

* Community of Science Funding Alert * Community of Science Funding News – published biweekly


Access

The following organisations are subscribed: *
Association of Commonwealth Universities The Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU) was established in 1913, and has over 500 member institutions in over 50 countries across the Commonwealth. The ACU is the world's oldest international network of universities. Its mission is t ...


See also

* List of funding opportunity databases


References

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