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Public Access Policies

Expanding Public Access to the Results of Federally Funded Research

On February 22nd 2013 the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) director released the following memo:

"The OSTP hereby directs each Federal agency with over $100 million in annual conduct of research and development expenditures to develop a plan to support increased public access to the results of research funded by the Federal Government.This includes any results published in peer-reviewed scholarly publications that are based on research that directly arises from Federal funds, as defined in relevant OMB circulars (e.g., A-21and A-11)". OSTP Memo

Note: Includes both publications and data generated by grant money from these institutions. Failing to comply to the Public Access Policy of a federal agency has severe consequences which are detailed in each policy. Authors are responsible for ensuring they read and understand the entire policy prior andto grant submissions.

Increasing Access to the Results of Federally Funded Scientific Research
The Full OSTP 2013 Memo supporting Public Access to all research
April 2016 update
Latest update (April 29,2016) from OSTP Public Access Policy Forum
CHORUS
CHORUS is a suite of services and best practices that provides a sustainable solution for agencies and publishers to deliver public access to published articles reporting on funded research in the United States.
SHARE
A higher education initiative whose mission is to maximize research impact by making research widely accessible, discoverable, and reusable. To fulfill this mission SHARE is building a free, open data set about research and scholarly activities across their life cycle.
ROARMAP
A searchable international registry charting the growth of open access mandates and policies adopted by universities, research institutions and research funders that require or request their researchers to provide open access to their peer-reviewed research article output by depositing it in an open access repository.
FASTR
Fair Access to Science and Technology Research (FASTR) is a bill that will accelerate scientific discovery and fuel innovation by making articles reporting on publicly funded scientific research freely accessible online for anyone to read and build upon.
Complying with the NSF’s New Public Access Policy
Lappen, Hope and Creamer, Andrew T., "Complying with the NSF’s New Public Access Policy and Depositing a Manuscript in NSFPAR"
(2016). National Network of Libraries of Medicine New England Region (NN/LM NER) Repository. Paper 35.
NSF Public Access Advice - Research.Gov
Four page handout with guidance

ROARMAP
A searchable international registry charting the growth of open access mandates and policies adopted by universities, research institutions and research funders that require or request their researchers to provide open access to their peer-reviewed research article output by depositing it in an open access repository.
SHERPA/ROMEO
Use this site to find a summary of permissions that are normally given as part of each publisher's copyright transfer agreement.
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Open Access Policy
As of January 1, 2015 our Open Access policy will be effective for all new agreements.
Wellcome Trust Open Access
Support unrestricted access to the published outputs of research through our open access policy.
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
Policies to align well with those of other major funding agencies and
institutions, especially ones that also value open access to knowledge.
American Heart Association
Open Science Policy Statements for AHA Funded Researc