NWO makes Open Access mandatory - UM Library - Maastricht University

"Conditions for new calls for proposals have been changed by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO). All funded research for which the calls were issued after 1 December 2015, must be immediately made accessible to everybody via Open Access (OA) publications. The granting conditions for calls published before this date and current research projects remain the same. The NWO will only give funding to researchers who publish their output on an OA platform. Starting 1 December, this goes for all calls for proposal. The science financier moves from ‘OA as soon as possible’ to ‘immediate OA’. If a scientist has extra costs because of the new rule he can ask for funding from NWO’s Incentive Fund Open Access. Up to €6,000 per research project can be applied for ..."