New supporting member: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
We are delighted to announce that the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has joined Open Knowledge Maps as a supporting member. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is the second funding agency to join Open Knowledge Maps and the first to do so with a Visionary Membership.
Guided by the belief that every life has equal value, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation works to help all people lead healthy, productive lives. Ashley Farley, Program Officer at the BMGF, outlines the reasons for becoming a member:
"The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is committed to information sharing and transparency. We believe that published research resulting from our funding should be promptly and broadly disseminated." Ashley Farley, Program Officer, Knowledge & Research Services team, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
We warmly welcome the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and kindly invite further organisations to join and shape the future of discovery together with us. Find out more about the supporting membership program.
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