EC launches a FP7 post-grant Open Access publishing funds pilot

"The European Commission has recently launched a pilot action to fund Open Access peer-reviewed publications from finalised FP7 projects. The post-grant Open Access Pilot provides an additional instrument to improve access to research results from FP7 projects. Four million Euros are being provided by the EC to support Open Access publications by covering OA Article Processing Charges (APCs) for up to two years after the project ends. The FP7 post-grant pilot is being developed in the context of the OpenAIRE2020 project, and is aligned with the Open Access infrastructure and support network provided by OpenAIRE. OpenAIRE is a network of Open Access repositories, archives and journals and has started out as a policy support mechanism for the EC (FP7 pilot and H2020 OA policies), with the aim to be the European scholarly communication hub providing its services to many European funders. The pilot has been initiated after the EC identified a need to consider whether and under what conditions open access publication fees can be reimbursed after the end of the grant agreement. The pilot will run until the funding is exhausted, but for no longer than two years (until the end of April 2017) ..."