The ERC Scientific Council has published updated guidelines on Open Access for researchers with ERC funded projects. Under the new guidelines researchers are now expected to publish the main outputs of their grants – defined in the guidelines as ‘new…
New national digital repository for social and economic data
The Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) is set to launch a collection of social and economic data through an investment of £17 million over the next five years. The UK Data Service will be launched in October this year…
European Research Council Renews its Commitment to Open Access
The European Research Council (ERC) has joined the UK’s open-access repository service PubMed Central, joining 18 existing UK and European funders. The ERC becomes the third European funder to join UKPMC, following Telethon Italy and the Austrian Research Fund. As a result of this participation,…
European Commission Is the Latest to Join Funders in Toughing Up Open Access Requirements
The European Commission announced yesterday (17 July) that all researchers who are funded through the Horizon 2020 programme, which will run from 2014-20, will need to make the results of their work freely available to readers. The announcement from the…
RCUK announces new Open Access policy
Research Councils UK (RCUK) have announced a new policy for Open Access: Research Councils UK (RCUK) has today, 16th July 2012, unveiled its new Open Access policy. Informed by the work of the National Working Group on Expanding Access to…
Data Openness Does Not Guarantee Public Trust
According to a report released by Research Councils UK (RCUK) open access to data does no guarantee trust in research: Access to data does not necessarily help to build trust in research, finds a new study into the public perceptions…