European Research Council (ERC) demands Open Access to publications

ERC mandates the public availability of research results.

The demand includes/covers: peer-reviewed publications.

Allowed embargo: publications must be archived when published and freely accessible no later than six months after publishing.

How to make your article freely available: Self-archiving: deposit a copy of the article in LUP or in a diciplinary research repository (arXiv, PubMed Central…). Approximately 50 % of publishers registered in the SHERPA/RoMEO database
allow self-archiving. Usually publishers permit authors to deposit their finalt manuscript, approved and corrected, in a repository.  

Publication fees: research grants from ERC can cover:”Publication Costs (page charges, open access charges and related fees)”.

For more information on the topic read:

• ERC guidelines for Open Access
• Guide for ERC grant holders Part 1
• Guide for ERC grant holders Part 2

If you have any queries concerning ERCs Open Access policy or other questions on how to make your publications freely available contact publicera@remove-this-part.lub.lu.se