Research funders and open science

Open science policies of international funders:

• The open access policies of research funders are listed in the SHERPA/JULIET service.
• ROARMAP - Registry of Open Access Repository Mandates and Policies.

You can seek advice on implementing your funder's open science policies at openutu@utu.fi

Below are summaries of the policies of some of the major funders. Always refer to the funder's website and your own funding agreement for detailed information.
 

Business Finland

• Open access to publications and data is required, generally following the recipient's internal guidelines on open publishing. Refer to the Open Publication Policy of the University of Turku
• Open access publishing must be considered in the publication plan included in the research plan.
• A data management plan is required, which should be updated throughout the duration of the project.

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

• NIH Data Management and Sharing Policy
• data management plan is required
• Public Access Policy: research publications are deposited openly accessible to PubMed Central.

NordForsk

• Policy on Open Access: applies to both publications and research data.

Wellcome Trust

• Open access policy of Wellcome Trust
  • Meeting the requirements for open publishing
• Outputs management plan: Research output management plan
  • Datasets, software, IPR
  • are included as part of the application.
  • The implementation is assessed in the final reporting of the project
• Data, software and materials management and sharing policy
• Intellectual property policy