WorldWideScience.org is a global science gateway accelerating scientific discovery and progress through a multilateral partnership to enable federated searching of national and international scientific databases and portals. Established in June 2008, the WorldWideScience Alliance provides a geographically-diverse governance structure for the management and support of WorldWideScience.org. In addition to national and international database/portal "owners" participating as Alliance members, ICSTI was an early advocate and partner in the initiative and now serves as "primary sponsor" in the Alliance and, through the ICSTI President, also serves as an Ex-Officio Member on the Alliance’s Executive Board. For more information about WorldWideScience.org or the WorldWideScience Alliance, write to Webmaster@WorldWideScience.org.