| Name: | Canadian Cancer Society (CCS) |
| Type: | Funder |
| Institution/funder website: | http://cancer.ca/research/?sc_lang=en |
| Country: | Canada |
| Open Access policy: | Requirement |
| Policy link: | http://www.cancer.ca/research/policies%20and%20administration/policy/open%20access.aspx?sc_lang=en |
| Effective date from: | 2009-07-01 |
| Open Access, how?: | Green route (deposit in repositories), Gold route (recommend OA journal publication) |
| Can requirement be waived by funder?: | No waiver on deposit but immediate OA |
| Exemptions....(text extracted from the policy): | "Researchers are able to submit their work to a journal that does not support public availability within six months of the publication date. The Canadian Cancer Society does not wish to compromise the ability of researchers to publish in high-impact journals. However, researchers must inform the Canadian Cancer Society of this limitation and the paper must be made freely available as soon as possible."
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| 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: | 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 |
| Where to archive?: | Central or subject repository |
| Name of specified archive: | PubMed |
| URL of specified archive: | http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov |
