Funding agencies’ expectations

Funding agencies include mandatory and recommended Open Science practices in the regulations of calls for projects. The aim is for funded research to benefit everyone by sharing results and opening up processes, codes and methods. Let’s see in example the expectations of two funding programs:

ANR

Applying the Rights Retention Strategy enables you to publish your articles with immediate open access, whatever the chosen journal, without paying APC publication fees. Alternatively, publication in a native open access journal (with or without APC) or an open access publishing platform (Peer Community In…) is possible. Publications in hybrid journals (subscription journals with a paid open access option) are excluded from funding.

 

Whatever option is chosen, the ANR requires articles (Author Accepted Manuscript or editor’s version, as the case may be) to be deposited in HAL at the latest time of publication (no embargo).

 

Indicate in HAL the name/code of the corresponding ANR project in the “Funding” section, as well as the Creative Commons CC BY “License” or equivalent.

 

The ANR also encourages open-access publishing of books and monographs, and the submission of preprints.

Provide a data management plan (DMP) within 6 months after the scientific start of the project and update it along the project’s life. ANR recommends the use of its DMP model, available on DMP OPIDoR (examples of DMPs).

 

The dissemination of data from ANR projects is recommended, unless the data is protected by a specific right. Data should be “as open as possible, as closed as necessary”.

 

Data must be produced according to the FAIR principles (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable) to improve visibility and facilitate reuse.

The ANR recommends that software developed during the research project be made available under an open license, and that source codes be archived in Software Heritage and mentioned in HAL.

 

As for publications, enter in HAL the name/code of the corresponding ANR project in “Funding”, as well as the chosen distribution “License”.

Incorporating open science into ANR projects: a practical guide (Couperin)

FAQ on DMP (ANR)

FAQ on publications (ANR)

Horizon Europe

Applying the Rights Retention Strategy enables you to publish your articles with immediate open access, whatever the chosen journal, without paying APC publication fees. Alternatively, publication in a native open access journal (with or without APC) or an open access publishing platform (Open Research Europe, Peer Community In…) is possible. Publications in hybrid journals (subscription journals with a paid open access option) are excluded from funding.

 

Whatever option is chosen, the UE requires articles (Author Accepted Manuscript or editor’s version, as the case may be) to be deposited in a trusted repository (ex: HAL) at the latest time of publication (no embargo).

 

Indicate in HAL the name/code of the corresponding Horizon project in the “Funding” section, as well as the Creative Commons CC BY “License” or equivalent (for monographs, CC BY NC or CC BY ND licences accepted).

 

Provide information about any research output/tool/instrument needed to validate the conclusions of the scientific publications.

 

Horizon Europe also encourages early and open sharing of research: preprints, preregistration/registred reports, and open peer-review practices.

 

Provide a Data Management Plan (DMP) within 6 months after the start of the project, and update it during the course of the project. Here’s the Horizon Europe template, for use via Argos or DMP OPIDoR.

 

The dissemination of project data in a trusted repository (e.g. Recherche Data Gouv) is mandatory, unless the data is protected by a specific right. Data must be “as open as possible, as closed as necessary”.

 

Data must be produced according to the FAIR principles (Easy to Find, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable) to improve visibility and facilitate reuse. These principles imply the application of good practices in terms of organization, description (metadata, funding, persistent identifiers), dissemination and the licenses (CC BY or equivalent) to be applied to data.

 

Provide information about any research output/tool/instrument needed to reuse or validate data: software, algorithm, protocol, model, workflow, electronic laboratory notebook.

Horizon Europe encourages crowdsourcing, citizen science and generally involving citizens and end-users in projects.

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