European Commission (links to "Guidelines on Open Access to Scientific Publications and Research Data in Horizon 2020", version 2.0, 30 October 2015 - full profile coming soon)
Overview of funder publication, data policies and support provided:
N.B. The research funder links in the table take you to the detailed funder guidelines. F- Full coverage; P- Partial Coverage; N- No coverage
SA National FundingRCUK fundingEU/Horizon 2020 fundingUS Federal Funding Original concept and UK funder details provided by the Digital Curation Centre .
Terms
Published outputs: a policy on published outputs e.g. journal articles and conference papers
Data: a datasets policy or statement on access to and maintenance of electronic resources
Time limits: set timeframes for making content accessible or preserving research outputs
Data plan: requirement to consider data creation, management or sharing in the grant application
Access/sharing: promotion of OA journals, deposit in repositories, data sharing or reuse
Long-term curation: stipulations on long-term maintenance and preservation of research outputs
Monitoring: whether compliance is monitored or action taken such as withholding funds
Guidance: provision of FAQs, best practice guides, toolkits, and support staff
Repository: provision of a repository to make published research outputs accessible
Data centre: provision of a data centre to curate unpublished electronic resources or data
Costs: a willingness to meet publication fees and data management / sharing costs
Deposit Guidelines for Funding Agency Approved Repositories
Deposit guidelines for data destined for funder mandated repositories: