Open access för Horisont 2020 - Curie

[From Google's English] "Results from research funded by the EU program, Horizon 2020 will be published so that they are freely available to all. The commission would in this way have a greater impact for the research. But there is a loophole in the rules. By scientific articles published open and free for everyone to read the results can be spread wider and faster. The research will be more effective as the risk decreases to more work with the same thing. It is being developed by all researchers can share results and build on them. In addition, increasing the pace of innovation if companies faster access to results. That's the thinking behind the European Commission's strong recommendation to openly publish research results developed with EU support. - If the research generates scientific papers, those published in some form of open access, says Johan Lindberg, who is the national coordinator for Horizon 2020 by Vinnova ...   However, there is a loophole in the Project Agreement which governs the rights and obligations regarding the handling of results. The article (29) which is about how the results will be disseminated introduced by the words 'Unless it goes against Their Legitimate interests ...' A recipient of research grants can thus argue that it is against its legitimate interest, and avoid having to publish openly. - That a Swedish university could avoid open access in the projects they are involved in seems unlikely, but, for example, a research-intensive company could argue that it is not in their business strategy to publish openly, says Johan Lindberg ..."