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Helping organizations navigate change in science and technology.

ScholarNext advises philanthropies, universities, professional societies, startups, and technology companies on the future of research communication, open science, and innovation strategy. For more than two decades, we have helped organizations anticipate change, build partnerships, and launch initiatives that strengthen the research ecosystem and the knowledge economy.

A career dedicated to making organizations more efficient and impactful.

ScholarNext is the consulting practice of Greg Tananbaum, a strategist, coalition builder, and leader who has spent more than 30 years working to make science more rewarding, collaborative, and impactful. In addition to his advisory work, Greg is the Founder and Executive Director of the Open Research Community Accelerator (ORCA), a nonprofit that advances practical, evidence-based approaches to open science and research culture reform. He previously co-founded and led the Open Research Funders Group, a partnership of major philanthropic organizations representing approximately $12 billion in annual grantmaking, and served as Head of Secretariat for the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine's Roundtable on Aligning Incentives for Open Science. Greg co-founded the Higher Education Leadership Initiative for Open Scholarship (HELIOS), a consortium of more than 100 colleges and universities, and led strategic partnerships at Meta/Chan Zuckerberg Initiative.

Throughout his career, Greg has specialized in designing and executing high-impact collaborations. His initiatives have brought together diverse interest holders to address shared challenges in science, technology, and research culture. These efforts have involved organizations including Microsoft, NASA, CERN, UNESCO, the Gates Foundation, the National Academies, Wellcome Trust, the National Science Foundation, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, MIT, Yale University, the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, and the Aspen Institute.

Earlier in his career, Greg co-launched and led bepress, a scholarly publishing and technology company that was later acquired for more than $100 million. He holds an MSc in Public Administration and Public Policy from the London School of Economics and a BA from Yale University.

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