For questions, please contact Claus Rosenkrantz Hansen and Lene Janussen Gry at oa@cbs.dk
Find information about Open Access requirements in Horizon Europe in the box to the right.
Find general information about Horizon Europe on The Ministry of Higher Education and Science's website: https://ufm.dk/en/research-and-innovation/funding-programmes-for-research-and-innovation/eu-and-international-funding-programmes/horizon-europe
Research funding and Open Access
If your research is funded by the EU, e.g. Horizon 2020 or Horizon Europe, or by Danish Public Research Councils and Foundations, you need to be aware of Open Access requirements.
On this page you can find the general requirements, but check the grant agreement to see the specific requirements for your research project.
Regarding EU framework programmes, be aware that the grant may be reduced, if you do not comply with the requirements.
Last updated: July 2021
Funders' Open Access requirements
Click on the tabs above to find information about the general Open Access requirements from:
Last updated: July 2021
Horizon Europe
Horizon Europe was launched in 2021 and is the EU’s newest framework programme for research and innovation.
Compared to Horizon 2020, the focus on Open Science has increased, and the Open Access requirements are more extensive.
You can find the Open Access requirements in your grant agreement under Article 17: “Communication, Dissemination, and Visibility”.
In the Horizon Europe General Grant Agreement, the Open Access requirements are as follows (https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/docs/2021-2027/common/agr-contr/general-mga_horizon-euratom_en.pdf pp. 108-109):
The beneficiaries must ensure open access to peer-reviewed scientific publications relating to their results. In particular, they must ensure that:
Beneficiaries (or authors) must retain sufficient intellectual property rights to comply with the open access requirements. Metadata of deposited publications must be open under a Creative Common Public Domain Dedication (CC 0) or equivalent, in line with the FAIR principles (in particular machine-actionable) and provide information at least about the following: publication (author(s), title, date of publication, publication venue); Horizon Europe or Euratom funding; grant project name, acronym and number; licensing terms; persistent identifiers for the publication, the authors involved in the action and, if possible, for their organisations and the grant. Where applicable, the metadata must include persistent identifiers for any research output or any other tools and instruments needed to validate the conclusions of the publication. Only publication fees in full open access venues for peer-reviewed scientific publications are eligible for reimbursement. |
Find more reference documents related to Horizon Europe here: https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/how-to-participate/reference-documents;programCode=HORIZON
Need help? If you have questions on how to comply with the OA requirements, you are always welcome to contact us (see contact info in the top box to the left).
Last updated: July 2021
Horizon 2020
Horizon 2020 was the EU’s framework programme for research and innovation from 2014-2020. It still has ongoing projects.
You can find the Open Access requirements of Horizon 2020 in your grant agreement under Article 29.2 “Open Access to scientific publications”.
In the Horizon 2020 General Model Grant Agreement, the Open Access requirements are as follows (https://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/data/ref/h2020/mga/gga/h2020-mga-gga-multi_en.pdf p. 69):
Each beneficiary must ensure open access (free of charge, online access for any user) to all peer-reviewed scientific publications relating to its results. In particular, it must:
Moreover, the beneficiary must aim to deposit at the same time the research data needed to validate the results presented in the deposited scientific publications.
The bibliographic metadata must be in a standard format and must include all of the following:
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Need help? If you have questions on how to comply with the OA requirements, you are always welcome to contact us (see contact info in the top box to the left).
Last updated: July 2021
Danish Public Research Funds and Foundations
The following Danish Public Research Funds and Foundations have published a common Open Access policy:
"This policy means that published scientific articles, which are the result of full or partial financing by funds and foundations, must be made freely available to everybody via Open Access with the permission of the magazine."
Read their Open Access policy here: https://dff.dk/en/about-us/goals-and-policies/open-access-policy
Note especially:
Need help? If you have questions on how to comply with the OA requirements, you are always welcome to contact us (see contact info in the top box to the left).
Last updated: July 2021
Research Data Management
In addition to Open Access requirements, you may also find Research Data Management (RDM) requirements in grant agreements.
At CBS we have an RDM support team, that you can ask for help. Find contact details and more information about RDM at CBS here: https://www.cbs.dk/en/research/cbs-research-profile/research-data-management/research-data-management-support