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Better access to scientific articles on EU-funded research: European Commission launches online pilot project
The European Commission wants to ensure that the results of the research it funds under the EU's 7th Research Framework Programme (FP7) with more than € 50 billion from 2007 - 2013 are disseminated as widely and effectively as possible to guarantee maximum exploitation and impact in the world of researchers and beyond.
The Commission today launched a pilot project that will give unrestricted online access to EU-funded research results, primarily research articles published in peer reviewed journals, after an embargo period of between 6 and 12 months.
The pilot covers approximately 20% of the FP7 budget and will apply to specific areas of research under the 7th Research Framework Programme (FP7):
- Health
- Energy
- Environment
- Information and Communication Technologies (Cognitive Systems, Interaction, Robotics)
- Research Infrastructures (e-Infrastructures)
- Socio-economic Sciences and Humanities
- Science in Society
The Commission's open access pilot, to run until the end of FP7, aims to ensure that the results from EU-funded research are progressively made available to all. Grant recipients will be required to deposit reviewed research articles or final manuscripts resulting from their FP7 projects in an online repository. They will have to make their best effort to ensure open access to these articles within either six or twelve months after publication, depending on the research area. This embargo period will allow scientific publishers to get a return on their investment.
More at:
http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/08/1262&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN
FAQ:
http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/08/548&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN
Details on the open access pilot will be available by 01.09.2008 at:
http://ec.europa.eu/research/science-society/index.cfm?fuseaction=public.topic&id=1680
