The tools and systems that research depends on are largely invisible until something goes wrong. Repositories, publishing platforms, metadata standards, persistent identifiers: most researchers accept these as a given and don't think much about who funds them, who governs them, or what happens if their money runs out. IOI thinks about this constantly, and the State of Open Infrastructure report is how we share what we find.
Published annually, the report surfaces trends, patterns, and gaps in how open infrastructure is funded and adopted across the global research ecosystem. It's also where we flag what's changing, what's fragile, and where we think sustained attention is most needed.
Each report also comes with interactive data dashboards. They're a companion to the report, not a version of it. The report shares our analysis and what we found. The dashboards are a separate, hands-on way into the same data: build your own views and make visualizations without downloading or cleaning a dataset, whether or not you've read the report. Explore the grant funding dashboard or the characteristics of open infrastructure dashboard.
Prefer the raw data? Each year's datasets are on Zenodo, listed under previous years.
State of Open Infrastructure 2026 Surfacing trends, patterns, and gaps in the investment in and adoption of open infrastructure
This year's report moves from diagnosing fragility to mapping resilience. Drawing on an analysis of more than US$663 million in open infrastructure grant funding over the past 25 years, it's organized around three areas: funding and sustainability, generative AI and research integrity, and emerging global trends shaping the sector.
Datasets for the 2026 report
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Each edition is available to read online or download from Zenodo, along with the datasets behind it.
