Describe your strategy for removing or flagging content in the Central Service that violates guidelines set forth by the Governance Body. These are yet to be determined, but will likely include dual use research, plagiarised work, or papers with ethically questionable content.
Our service administration team will review submissions according to the guidelines defined by the GB. This will complement automated services such as Crossref’s plagiarism detection service. Key issues will be moderated prior to preprint posting, and post-moderation will be possible based on reporting by users or other identification of questionable content. OSF already offers a withdrawal mechanism for inappropriate content. The service administration team will scale as demand for The Commons increases to assure reliable, timely service.

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# Budget (spreadsheet and up to 1000 word justification)

Provide a detailed annual project budget for 5 years of operation in a spreadsheet assuming the schedule of growth listed in Expected manuscript volumes. Provide a written justification of this budget in less than 1000 words.
Cost estimates presume continuing feature development of The Commons for the five-year grant period. If the GB reduces feature development requests and transitions service toward maintenance of the existing feature set, then the budget for development staff would be renegotiated yearly to reflect actual development needs. Likewise, budget estimates for storage and use are based on the growth estimates provided in the ASAPbio RFA. As a non-profit, mission-driven organization, COS is committed to providing and maintaining The Commons at cost and will employ transparent accounting for reporting and negotiating yearly support. The same approach will guide transition to a distributed sustaining finance model.