The Open Network Alliance (ON-A) is addressing these goals by providing researchers, educators, and the public with a new online, open access platform (or Knowledge Network System) for learning more about the latest research and potential benefits and for facilitating and catalyzing researcher interaction, collaboration, and innovation.

The Neuroscience Knowledge Network (NKN) is the initial implementation of the ON platform providing a knowledge network of crowdsourced and curated neuroscience related knowledge Hubs.