The Centre for Research Communications (CRC) is based at the University of Nottingham in the UK. It works with researchers, funders, institutions and publishers, nationally and internationally, to improve research communications. The CRC houses a portfolio of open-access projects, services and initiatives. These include the home of the SHERPA partnership; the open-access services RoMEO, Juliet and OpenDOAR; the Repositories Support Project (RSP); and contributions to the NECOBELAC and OpenAIRE projects. Project and service funders include JISC, the European Commission, the Wellcome Trust and SPARCEurope.