PREreview

PREreview is governed by an Advisory Committee, and is a fiscally sponsored project of Code for Science & Society, a US-based 501(c)3

Founded in 2017 by three early-career women scientists, PREreview began as a volunteer-led open science project with shared leadership. Our first funding, a $2,500 Mozilla mini-grant, supported in-person preprint review events in 2018. In 2019, Daniela Saderi became the full-time director as a Mozilla Fellow, and PREreview joined Code for Science and Society as a fiscally sponsored project to uphold our non-profit values. Initial funding from Sloan and Mozilla enabled PREreview.org’s prototype, with Wellcome Trust support further enhancing it.

From 2020-2022, we partnered with eLife to expand peer-review training, fostering open preprint evaluation. A 2022 Chan-Zuckerberg Initiative grant facilitated the third iteration of PREreview.org, introducing accessible tools for community engagement. In 2024, a 3-year Gates Foundation grant further supports our mission to advance open, equitable peer-review practices.

Investing in PREreview supports a community dedicated to transforming scholarly evaluation through openness, equity, and collaboration. Founded in 2017 by three early-career women scientists, PREreview operated with grants and volunteer leadership for its first three years, with only one full-time director. With support from the Chan-Zuckerberg Initiative and, more recently, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, we’ve expanded to include four more full-time team members.

As our team grows, so does our impact. We seek support from philanthropies, institutions, and governments to scale our mission globally. Over the next 2-3 years, we aim to further develop around three pillars: 1) inclusive, accessible training in open peer review, 2) our interoperable review authoring platform, and 3) “clubs”—decentralized, community-driven hubs for peer review of preprints and open research objects.