| Name: | UK Government. Department for International Development |
| Type: | Funder |
| Institution/funder website: | https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-international-development |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Open Access policy: | Requirement |
| Policy link: | https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dfid-research-open-and-enhanced-access-policy |
| Effective date from: | 2012-11-01 |
| 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): | "...Exceptionally, exemptions may be granted to specific policy requirements. Generally, these will be granted only if doing so will lead to better development outcomes..." |
| Scope of policy?: | Whole funding |
| Funder pays for publication fees: | Yes (charged by direct or indirect costs) |
| What must be deposited?: | Articles, Conference papers, Data, Others |
| What may be deposited?: | Books, Book Chapters |
| 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): | Grantees retain the non-exclusive rights of explotation to allow self-archiving |
| Copyright terms...(text extracted from the policy): | "...Ownership/Copyright: (Required): Ensure necessary permissions are in place to add material to R4D, repositories or websites.." |
| Where to archive?: | Institutional repository |
| Name of specified archive: | R4D |
| URL of specified archive: | http://r4d.dfid.gov.uk |
