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A oDECrIv Example policies
Funder policies will provide grantholders with additional funding, through
their institutions, to cover open access charges, where
Some examples of funder policies follow here. appropriate, in order to meet the Trust's requirements
The Wellcome Trust164 encourages - and where it pays an open access fee,
requires - authors and publishers to license research
[This is an example of a Type 3 policy] papers such that they may be freely copied and re-used
(for example for text and data-mining purposes), provided
Open access policy
that such uses are fully attributed
Position statement in support of open and
unrestricted access to published research affirms the principle that it is the intrinsic merit of the
work, and not the title of the journal in which an author's
The mission of the Wellcome Trust is to support the brightest work is published, that should be considered in making
minds in biomedical research and the medical humanities. funding decisions.
The main output of this research is new ideas and knowledge, Specific details of how authors are required to comply with
which the Trust expects its researchers to publish in high- this policy can be found in the authors' FAQs. Information for
quality, peer-reviewed journals. publishers can be found in the publishers' guide. This policy
will be kept under review.
The Wellcome Trust believes that maximising the distribution
of these papers - by providing free, online access - is the most The National Institutes of Health
effective way of ensuring that the research we fund can be (USA)165
accessed, read and built upon. In turn, this will foster a richer
research culture. [This is an example of a Type 3 policy]The Wellcome Trust therefore supports unrestricted access to
the published output of research as a fundamental part of
its charitable mission and a public benefit to be encouraged
wherever possible.
Specifically, the Wellcome Trust:
expects authors of research papers to maximise the
opportunities to make their results available for free
requires electronic copies of any research papers that have
been accepted for publication in a peer-reviewed journal,
and are supported in whole or in part by Wellcome Trust
funding, to be made available through PubMed Central
(PMC) and UKPubMed Central (UKPMC) as soon as
possible and in any event within six months of the journal
publisher's official date of final publication164 http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/About-us/Policy/Policy-and-position-
statements/WTD002766.htmThe Director of the National Institutes of Health shall require
that all investigators funded by the NIH submit or have
submitted for them to the National Library of Medicine's
PubMed Central an electronic version of their final, peer-
reviewed manuscripts upon acceptance for publication, to
be made publicly available no later than 12 months after
the official date ofpublication: Provided, That the NIH shall
implement the public access policy in a manner consistent
with copyright law.
Specifics
1. The NIH Public Access Policy applies to all peer-
reviewed articles that arise, in whole or in part, from
direct costs funded by NIH, or from NIH staff, that are
accepted for publication on or after April 7, 2008.
2. Institutions and investigators are responsible for
ensuring that any publishing or copyright agreements
165 http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-08-033.html
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