Funders' policies on open access

Many funding bodes now insist that research outputs arising from their funding must be made available open access. Further information on research funders' policies is available at the JULIET web site.

Furthermore, all the Research Councils have agreed a common framework on open access to research outputs. Essentially, it states that, where required by a Council as funder, researchers should deposit outputs from their research in an acceptable open access repository as designated by the individual council. Newcastle University's e-prints service is an "appropriate repository" as outlined in the policies noted below, and is compatible with all repositories mentioned there.
For more information about each funding body, please click on the relevant link.

1. AHRC (Arts and Humanities Research Council)
The AHRC requires that a copy of outputs from research funded by the Council must be deposited in an appropriate e-print repository.

2. BBSRC
The BBSRC requires that a copy of outputs from research funded by the Council must be deposited, at the earliest possible opportunity, in an appropriate e-print repository

3. EPSRC
The EPSRC Council has recently agreed to mandate open access publication for its research outputs. More detailed guidance is

4. ESRC
The ESRC requires that a copy of outputs from research funded by the Council must be deposited in the ESRC awards and outputs repository, and deposit in institutional repositories is also encouraged.

5. MRC
The MRC requires that a copy of outputs from research funded by the Council must be deposited in UK PubMedCentral within six months of publication.

6. NERC
The NERC requires that outputs from research funded by the Council must be deposited in an e-print repository and any datasets must be deposited with its data centres.

7. Science and Technology Facilities Council
The council strongly encourages researchers to deposit research outputs in appropriate open access repositories. Deposit should take place as soon as possible, subject to publishers' embargoes.

Further information about Wellcome Trust funding for publication is also available.