Formas requires open access
To obtain research grants Formas requires researchers to publish their results freely accessible for everyone.
The demand includes/covers: peer-reviewed articles and conference contributions resulting from research funded, completely or partly, by Formas.
Allowed embargo: articles must be freely available no later than 6 months after publication date.
When: with effect from research applications 2010 and onwards.
How to make your article freely available I: Publishing in Open Access or hybrid journals. The Lund University Library Head Office administers a central fund for publication fees in Open Access journals published by BioMed Central, PLoS and Hindawi. Additional information available here. If the journal in question is an Open Access journal but published by other publisher than those mentioned contact the Head Office. Hybrid journals are journals financed by subscription fees that also offers a possibility for authors to make their individual articles freely accessible by charging the author a publication fee. Most major publishers offer this possibility for some or all of their journals. The Swedish Research Council does not grant extra funding to cover publication fees. Funds available through Lund University only covers publication in Open Access journals.
How to make your article freely available II: Self-archiving. A copy of the article can be made available in LUP, the open archive at Lund University. Approximately 50 % of publishers registered in the SHERPA/RoMEO database allow self-archiving. Usually publishers permit authors to deposit their last manuscript, approved and corrected, in a repository.
If you have any queries concerning Formas Open Access policy or other questions on how to make your publications freely available contact publicera@lub.lu.se
Last updated: February 12, 2010
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