The licenses developed by Creative Commons have become an essential set of tools to patch gaps in the international system of copyright, creating a parallel, opt?in intellectual property regime that doesn't require country?by?country legislative change to implement. With those licenses fairly well integrated into modern practice, Creative Commons is embarking on a year?long process of strategic planning to determine where and how they can best have an impact in new areas, including science. This grant provides partial support to Creative Commons as it undertakes this process. Funds will augment a November meeting focused on "open science" and nine months of subsequent work on three key themes: licenses for open-access scholarship, legal and technical infrastructure for open data sharing, and the role of patent licensing in science.