Thanks to Eloy Rodrigues for the news that the European Commission has now mandated Green OA self-archiving for 20% of its 7th Framework Funding. This is the planet's 51st Green OA Mandate (and the 26th funder mandate: The European Research Council (ERC), another European research funder, had earlier likewise mandated Green OA.) >From ROARMAP:
Institution's/Department's OA Self-Archiving Policy Which parts of FP7 will be covered by the open access pilot? The pilot covers approximately 20% of the FP7 budget and will apply to specific areas of research under the 7th Research Framework Programme (FP7): * Health * Energy * Environment * Information and Communication Technologies (Cognitive Systems, Interaction, Robotics) * Research Infrastructures (e-Infrastructures); * Socio-economic Sciences and Humanities; * Science in Society These research areas have a potentially high societal impact and political relevance: they can help Europe face global challenges like climate change and the management of natural resources. They also make it possible to test open access for a variety of different disciplines, including a range of natural sciences, social sciences and humanities, as well as both basic and applied research. How will the open access pilot be implemented? New grant agreements in the areas covered by the pilot will contain a clause requiring grant recipients to deposit peer reviewed research articles or final manuscripts resulting from their FP7 projects into their institutional or if unavailable a subject-based repository. They will have to make their best efforts to ensure open access to these articles within six or twelve months after publication, depending on the research area. This embargo period will allow scientific publishers to get a return on their investment.
