| Name: | Wellcome Trust - (2013) |
| Type: | Funder |
| Institution/funder website: | http://www.wellcome.ac.uk |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Open Access policy: | Requirement |
| Policy link: | http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/About-us/Policy/Spotlight-issues/Open-access/Policy/index.htm |
| Effective date from: | 2013-04-01 |
| Open Access, how?: | Green route (deposit in repositories), Gold route (recommend OA journal publication) |
| Can requirement be waived by funder?: | No |
| Exemptions....(text extracted from the policy): | "...Authors are unlikely to be able to comply with the Grant Conditions if the journal does not have an open access option or does not allow self-archiving in PMC/Europe PMC within six months of publication. If this is the case, authors have three options: (i) Grant a licence of their copyright to a journal instead of assigning copyright. (ii) Agree to a journal's normal arrangements only on the condition that it be specifically agreed that deposition in PMC/Europe PMC can take place. (iii) Reconsider where to publish..." |
| Scope of policy?: | Whole or partial funding |
| Funder pays for publication fees: | Yes, through supplemental funding |
| What must be deposited?: | Articles, Data, Books, Book Chapters |
| Versions of papers that may/must be deposited: | Author's peer-reviewed final draft |
| 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): | "...Expect authors of research papers to maximise the opportunities to make their results freely available and, where possible, to retain their copyright..." |
| Where to archive?: | Central or subject repository |
| Name of specified archive: | PubMed Central, Europe PubMed Central |
| URL of specified archive: | http://europepmc.org |
| Are there any type of monitoring actions to check compliance with the policy ( if yes, check any if apply): | Yes, Cancel funds |
