Two U.S. universities, Oregon State and Tulane, and a U.S. consortium, Florida Center for Library Automation, which groups eleven Florida universities, have joined SCOAP3.
These universities join an increasing number of institutional and consortial U.S. partners of SCOAP3 who have collectively pledged over 2 Million U.S. dollars to this Open Access initiative. In the SCOAP3 financing scheme, U.S. partners are expected to contribute a total of 3.4 Million U.S. dollars.
Worldwide, the SCOAP3 membership counts partners in 20 countries and one international organization which have collectively pledged 57% of the SCOAP3 budget envelope: a total of 5.7 Million Euros/year (7.2 Million U.S. dollars/year).