2025 Open Access Policy
Gates Open Access Policy,
Jul 02, 2024
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's Open Access Policy is being updated for next year. It applies to all Gates funded manuscripts starting in January. It mandates preprints "as a preprint in a preprint server recognized by the foundation or preapproved preprint server." It requires a CC By 4.0 license on publications, though grantees retain copyright. The foundation will not pay article processing charges (APC) but doesn't rule out grantees paying the costs. And it asserts "underlying data supporting the Funded Manuscripts shall be made accessible immediately and as open as possible upon availability, subject to any applicable ethical, legal, or regulatory requirements or restrictions." The policy is broadly endorsed and (I am told) offered to governments as an example to emulate for their own open access policy. Image: Open Access Network.
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