Research Support Handbook

Costs and Getting Access

last modified

April 9, 2026

How to get access?

VU Amsterdam researchers can access OSF at https://osf.io/. If you have a VUnetID, you can log in with your VU credentials. You can also create an account yourself.

Access for students

Students are also welcome to use OSF. Note that VU students might need to visit the Service Desk to enable MFA via SURFsecureID for their student.vu.nl account if they have not done so before. The procedure is explained in this document on the VU services portalSecure sign on - MS Authenticator activation for SURF Secure ID has more information on how to register for MFA if you have not already done so.

Are there costs involved?

The costs for storing data in OSF are detailed in the Research and Archiving Storage Cost Model.

OSF storage has a limit of 5GB for a private project and 50GB for a public project. Note that it is possible to request additional (paid) OSF storage via the Request form. More information on available storage tiers can be found on the Supporting OSF Usage page. Another way to acquire more storage is connecting an alternative storage provider via Add-ons as described in Connecting storage and apps. The OSF storage caps page has more information on extending storage capacity.