Mission
OpenSourceResearch Collaboration (OSRC) aims to close the gap between the rapidly evolving information technology sector and the slowly moving healthcare sector.
Traditional medical research methods cannot solve modern healthcare problems, while information technology has revolutionised fields like banking and commerce. OSRC is an open platform to explore, develop and validate new tools for medical research, built by multi-disciplinary teams using agile project management.
OSRC is an open-source product that encourages spin-off startups based on its research, in this model, OSRC acts as an academic institute, incubator and accelerator. It is a platform like other open-source platforms such as Android, Linux and WordPress, with a similar business model: membership fees fund administration, while members can be paid for consultation, teaching and analysis work.
“We believe that as we share this planet, we also need to share its resources. And what resource is greater than knowledge?”
The people behind it
OSRC is run by its executive committee, researchers and clinicians from fourteen countries who teach, mentor and lead projects alongside their day jobs. Each standing committee is represented here by its coordinator.
See the five committees and what they do
Members, and what membership means
Membership is open to researchers, physicians, surgeons, data scientists, IT engineers, healthcare providers and administrators. Members join research teams, take part in workshops and mentorship, and can apply for the projects OSRC runs with its partners. A membership fee covers the administration of the platform, and reduced rates apply to students and to members in low- and middle-income countries.
Members are paid for the consultation, teaching and analysis work they do through OSRC: the platform takes only a small administrative fee. Alongside paying members, workshops and sessions are open to participants who are not yet members: several hundred clinicians and students attend each year, and many join afterwards.
Why OpenSourceResearch?
- Virtually unlimited capacity to generate new ideas, from a community of creative individuals willing to pursue new challenges.
- A culture where entrepreneurial, creative and critical thinking are valued and supported.
- A trusted organisation generating objective, evidence-based knowledge for public benefit.
- A dynamic collaborative, with each scholar on a life-long journey of growth and development.