Charity alliance launches fund to make charitably funded research open access

pontika.nancy@gmail.com's bookmarks 2014-09-05

Summary:

"Arthritis Research UK, Breast Cancer Campaign, the British Heart Foundation (BHF), Cancer Research UK, Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research, and the Wellcome Trust have joined together to create the Charity Open Access Fund (COAF). Many journals require a subscription for users to be able to see their research articles, so research that has been funded by charities - often by donations from the public - can be hidden behind a paywall. But many publishers will make the research immediately free to access and re-use if a fee - called the ‘article processing charge’ - is paid. This ‘open access’ model allows knowledge to be shared faster and promotes innovation, accelerating progress that can lead to patients accessing better treatments sooner. COAF is a two-year pilot and will collect around £12 million into a single pot of money, available to researchers who are funded by any of the charities and based at any of 36 universities and research institutes covered by the scheme. From 1 October this year, researchers can apply through their universities to access the fund, which will pay the article processing charge to make their work freely available as soon as it is published ... The six partners are members of the Association of Medical Research Charities (AMRC), which played a key role in the establishment of the partnership ..."

Link:

http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/News/Media-office/Press-releases/2014/WTP057254.htm

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Tags:

oa.pharma oa.biomedicine oa.hybrid oa.gold oa.funds oa.funders oa.uk oa.comment oa.new ru.sparc oa.journals

Date tagged:

09/05/2014, 09:45

Date published:

09/05/2014, 07:17