List of research funders by preprint licensing policy

This is a list of funders of research by their open licensing policies for preprints. With the exception of some government employees and contractors, the majority of authors keep the copyright to their work. Many funders require their grantees to disseminate the work using licenses with specific reuse rights.[1] Other details of funder open access policies can be found at the Registry of Open Access Repositories[2] and the Open Policy Finder from JISC (formerly SHERPA).[3]

Policies by funder

CC BY, NC and ND refer to the Creative Commons licenses and CC0 is a public domain dedication.
Funder License for Preprints Is the Preprint License Recommended or Required? Notes Source
Aligning Science Across Parkinson's CC BY or CC0 Required [4]
Astera Institute CC BY or CC0 Required [5]
European Molecular Biology Laboratory CC BY Required [6]
Gates Foundation CC BY Required [7]
Howard Hughes Medical Institute None specified N/A Preprints are encouraged, CC BY licensed preprints can be used for policy compliance if never published as a peer-reviewed article. In this case only, NC, ND modifiers are not permitted. [8]
Michael J. Fox Foundation None specified N/A Policy does require free readership rights on preprints [9]
Simons Foundation Open Access licenses (generally) Required [10]
Templeton World Charity CC BY Strongly encouraged [11]
Wellcome Trust CC BY Strongly encouraged Required if preprint is used for policy compliance. [12]

Exceptions for government employees and contractors

In some countries, work performed by government employees or contractors is owned by the government and subject to their licensing stipulations. For example, in the US, work performed by government employees, such as employees of the NIH[13] is deemed Public Domain in the US, and the US government holds copyright elsewhere.[14] Government licensing policies may override funder requirements.

See also

References

  1. ^ Fosci, Mattia; Richens, Emma; Johnson, Rob (30 September 2019). Insights into European research funder Open policies and practices (PDF) (Report). doi:10.5281/zenodo.3401278. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
  2. ^ "ROARMAP - Registry of Open Access Repositories Mandatory Archiving Policies". roarmap.eprints.org. University of Southampton. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
  3. ^ "Open policy finder". openpolicyfinder.jisc.ac.uk. SHERPA. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
  4. ^ Lloyd, Blythe (20 February 2025). "Open Science Policy". Aligning Science Across Parkinson's. Archived from the original on 1 July 2025. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
  5. ^ Astera Institute (30 May 2025). "Astera Open Science Policy". Zenodo. Astera Institute. doi:10.5281/zenodo.15548989. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
  6. ^ "Internal Policy No. 71 Open Science and Open Access" (PDF). European Molecular Biology Laboratory. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 July 2025. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
  7. ^ "2025 Open Access Policy". Gates Open Access Policy. Gates Foundation. Archived from the original on 1 July 2025. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
  8. ^ "Open Access to Publications" (PDF). Howard Hughes Medical Institute. 1 October 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 July 2025. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
  9. ^ "The Michael J. Fox Foundation Open Access Publication Policy" (PDF). The Michael J. Fox Foundation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 July 2025. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
  10. ^ "Policies and Procedures". Simons Foundation. July 2025. Retrieved 2025-07-07.
  11. ^ "TWCF's Open Research Policy and Recommendations". Templeton World Charity Foundation, Inc. Archived from the original on 1 July 2025. Retrieved 1 July 2025. The following practices are also strongly encouraged: ... Post a preprint with a CC-BY license ...
  12. ^ "Open Access Policy - Grant Funding". Wellcome. 2 January 2025. Archived from the original on 1 July 2025. Retrieved 1 July 2025. All Wellcome-funded researchers are strongly encouraged to post preprints of their work under a CC BY licence to facilitate the dissemination of results and, at times, open access compliance.
  13. ^ "1184 - Preparation and Clearance of Scientific, Technical, and Public Information Presented by NIH Employees or Produced for Distribution by NIH". NIH. 24 March 2016. Archived from the original on 1 July 2025. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
  14. ^ Young, Philip; Ghaphery, Jimmy (21 August 2024). "Public Domain and Paywalled: Journal Articles Authored or Co-authored by U.S. Government Employees". Journal of Copyright in Education & Librarianship. 7 (2). doi:10.17161/jcel.v7i2.19857. ISSN 2473-8336.
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