Gates Fdn to Require Open Access Publishing of Research It Funds - NPQ - Nonprofit Quarterly

"Last week, in a radical move that places it ahead of the pack, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation announced that all research they fund must, as of January 2017, meet the following guidelines: Publications are Discoverable and Accessible Online. Publications will be deposited in a specified repository(s) with proper tagging of metadata.  Publication will be on 'Open Access' Terms. All publications shall be published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Generic License (CC BY 4.0) or an equivalent license. This will permit all users of the publication to copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format and transform and build upon the material, including for any purpose (including commercial) without further permission or fees being required.  Foundation will Pay Necessary Fees. The foundation would pay reasonable fees required by a publisher to effect publication on these terms.  Publications will be Accessible and Open Immediately. All publications shall be available immediately upon their publication, without any embargo period. An embargo period is the period during which the publisher will require a subscription or the payment of a fee to gain access to the publication. We are, however, providing a transition period of up to two years from the effective date of the policy (or until January 1, 2017). During the transition period, the foundation will allow publications in journals that provide up to a 12-month embargo period. Data Underlying Published Research Results will be Accessible and Open Immediately. The foundation will require that data underlying the published research results be immediately accessible and open. This, too, is subject to the transition period and a 12-month embargo may be applied ..."