Open Access for Federally Funded Research

"The Graduate Professional Council recently passed a resolution in support of Open Access for federally funded research in response to the United States Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) request for information on public access to scholarly research. Policies in favor Open Access would make research that is paid for by federally funded tax dollars available to the public, at no additional cost, once results are published. GPC will be providing the OSTP with a response on behalf of the graduate and professional student body of MU. Individuals are being asked to submit personal responses to the OSTP as well. To assist with writing those responses we have created a document that contains links to resources on Open Access and also the format for the responses. If Open Access to federally funded research is important to you, we ask that you take the time to write and submit a response...."