Funders requirements for Open Access

Swedish and international research funders may have different requirements for Open Access publishing, such as Gold, Green or Hybrid Open Access. Here you will find links to some of the most common research funders within Region Norrbotten, where you can find information about their requirements for Open Access.

AFA Insurance

AFA Insurance places demands on Open Access. In the application, the researcher must explain how the research should be made available, which is a requirement for the application to be granted.

Cancer Society

At present, there is no requirement, however, they support and recommend publishing Open Access. Instead, they refer to the managing authority's policy on Open Access, which the beneficiaries must adhere to when publishing.

Forte

From 2021, Forte has implemented the requirements and conditions included in Plan S. This means that results of research that have been granted with funding from Forte must be published with open access without delay. The requirement so far only applies to scientific articles published in journals or conference proceedings.

Publication shall take place in one of the following ways:
•    Gold Open Access: (in openly accessible journals and on openly accessible platforms)
•    Hybrid: (in transformative journals or in journals under transformative agreements)
•    Green Open Access: (in subscription journals, provided that the final published version of the article or a peer-reviewed, author-approved version of the article is deposited simultaneously, and without delay, in an openly accessible archive/repository).

Open license (CC BY) must be used for publication. Read more in the links below:

Heart-Lung

At present, there is no requirement for research funded by the Heart Lung Foundation to be published Open Access.

Dietary Science Fondation

Has no policy on Open Access at this time.

The Nordic Council of Ministers

According to the Nordic Council of Ministers' policy, all written publications published by the Nordic Council of Ministers must be published Open Access in electronic format on their publication platform. The fulltext should contain the required metadata and according to the recommendation, the publications must also meet the accessibility criteria for persons with visual impairment or reading difficulties.

Riksförbundet HjärtLung

At present, there is no stated policy regarding Open Access, but the National Association HjärtLung welcomes the fact that their funded research is freely available.

Sanofi

Sanofi has no specific policy regarding Open Access requirements. Instead, they state that it is the details of their current agreement that must be followed.

Swedish Medical Society

State no specific requirement for Open access.

Vetenskapsrådet/ The Swedish Research Council

Publication results from research that is wholly or partly funded by the Swedish Research Council must be immediately available to all, without delay. This means that publication with Open Access must take place at the same time as the research results are published in another format, for example in a subcription-based journal. The requirement applies to all types of scientific publications, for example articles, monographs, books, and book chapters. The new guidelines apply to researchers who receive grants as from October 2022.

Open license (CC BY) must be used for publication. That license can also be used for books, but in some cases different licenses may need to be used for text and image content. Read more in link below:

Vinnova

From 2021, Vinnova has implemented the requirements and conditions included in Plan S. This means that results of research that have been granted with funding from Vinnova must be published with open access without delay. The requirement so far only applies to scientific articles published in journals or conference proceedings.

Publication shall take place in one of the following ways:
•    Gold Open Access: (in open-access journals or on an open-access platforms)
•    Hybrid: (in transformative journals or in journals under transformative agreements)
•    Green Open Access: (in subscription journals, provided that the final published version of the article or a peer-reviewed, author-approved version of the article is deposited simultaneously, and without delay, in an openly accessible archive/repository).

Open license (CC-BY) must be used for publication. Read more in the link below:

The Wallenberg Foundations

Research funded by the Markus and Amalia Wallenberg Memorial Foundation, the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation and the Marianne and Marcus Wallenberg Foundation will be published with Open Access. The respective university's rules for Open Access apply. Additional cost for this can be included as a direct cost in project applications. Read more about what applies to each foundation via the link below.

Other

International research funders with Open Access requirements can be found on Sherpa's pages.