| Name: | Helmholtz Association |
| Type: | Funder |
| Institution/funder website: | http://www.helmholtz.de |
| Country: | Germany |
| Open Access policy: | Requirement |
| Policy link: | http://www.helmholtz.de/fileadmin/user_upload/01_forschung/2013-10-14_oa-policy-ivf_e.pdf |
| Effective date from: | 2013-10-14 |
| 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): | "...If there are good reasons, the open access publication may be waived. These reasons have to be put forward to the Helmholtz Association immediately after they have come to notice..." |
| Scope of policy?: | Whole or partial funding |
| 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, 12 months after publication |
| Where to archive?: | Central or subject repository, Institutional repository |
