Advancing Openly Licensed Preprints: Aligning Across A Standard Preprints Policy Framework – ASAPbio

"Open practices for preprints, including open licensing, are crucial for rapid and equitable sharing of scientific research. ASAPbio in partnership with Creative Commons has engaged with research funders, including members of the Open Research Funders Group, to further policy alignment toward a standard Preprint Policy Framework. As of July 2025, the Gates Foundation and Aligning Science Across Parkinson’s (ASAP) identify this Preprint Policy Framework as a model framework, and are committed to promoting the use of preprints and their open licenses in policy and practice. CZI has also signaled alignment.

A total of nine research funders and organizations—including the Astera Institute, the European Molecular Biology Laboratory, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the Michael J. Fox Foundation, the Simons Foundation, the Templeton World Charity Foundation, and the Wellcome Trust— have signaled their alignment across various components of the framework. Although the Astera Institute does not require preprints specifically, their policy promotes diverse outputs beyond “the mold of scholarly papers.”

Each of the six components of the Framework and information on the policy alignment of the participating research funders and organizations are detailed below...."