By Claus Rosenkrantz Hansen & Lene Janussen Gry
If your research is funded through the EU, you must stay on top of any Open Access requirements for your research publications. Horizon Europe, the EU’s most recent framework programme for research and innovation, places an even stronger emphasis on Open Science, and the Open Access requirements are more extensive compared to the previous Horizon 2020 programme.
According to the Horizon Europe General Grant Agreement, you must ensure that peer-reviewed scientific publications are made freely available immediately upon publication via a trusted repository. You must deposit either the published version or the final peer-reviewed manuscript, and the licence must be CC BY or an equivalent granting the same rights. For monographs and other long-form publications, more restrictive licences such as CC BY-NC or CC BY-ND may be used, allowing you to limit commercial use or derivative works.
Furthermore, the metadata for deposited publications must be open and follow the FAIR principles. This includes information such as author, title, publication date, project details, and funding information.
Non-compliance can have financial consequences, including potential reductions in your grant.
CBS Library is here to support you with any questions you may have about Open Access and funder requirements – including how to locate, interpret, and comply with them properly.
For more information, visit Open Aire’s site on How to comply with Horizon Europe mandate
for publications, or contact us directly for assistance (oa@cbs.dk).