| Name: | National Institute for Health Research (NIHR, 2007-2014) |
| Type: | Funder |
| Institution/funder website: | http://www.nihr.ac.uk |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Open Access policy: | Requirement |
| Policy link: | http://www.nihr.ac.uk/policy-and-standards/nihr-policy-on-open-access-for-its-funded-research.htm |
| Effective date from: | 2007-04-01 |
| Open Access, how?: | Green route (deposit in repositories), Gold route (recommend OA journal publication) |
| Can requirement be waived by funder?: | No waiver on deposit; case-based waiver on immediate OA |
| Exemptions....(text extracted from the policy): | "...When a researcher informs the DH or the NIHR of the wish to publish a paper in a journal that is unwilling to agree either to author/institution-ownership of copyright, or to deposition in UKPMC within six months, the DH or NIHR may grant permission for the author to submit the paper for publication in such a journal..." |
| Scope of policy?: | Whole or partial funding |
| Funder pays for publication fees: | Yes (charged by direct or indirect costs) |
| What must be deposited?: | Articles |
| Versions of papers that may/must be deposited: | Author's peer-reviewed final draft, Publisher's version of record |
| When are accepted peer-reviewed papers to be deposited?: | As soon as possible |
| Duration of permissible embargo prior papers being made freely available: | 6 months after publication |
| Copyright reservation (funders): | Retain copyright whenever is possible |
| Copyright terms...(text extracted from the policy): | "... The DH and the NIHR strongly encourage authors to publish in journals that allow them (or their institutions) to retain ownership of the copyright.
5. If author/institution-ownership of copyright is not permitted by the publisher, authors should publish in journals that permit deposition of; the published paper in UKPMC within six months of publication..." |
| Where to archive?: | Central or subject repository, Institutional repository |
| Name of specified archive: | UK PubMed Central |
| URL of specified archive: | http://ukpmc.ac.uk/ |
