Name: | Scottish Funding Council (SFC) |
Type: | Funder |
Institution/funder website: | http://www.sfc.ac.uk |
Country: | United Kingdom |
Open Access policy: | Requirement |
Policy link: | http://www.hefce.ac.uk/media/hefce/content/pubs/2014/201407/HEFCE2014_07.pdf |
Effective date from: | 2014-03-31 |
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): | "...Where one of the following exceptions applies to an output, this exception should be indicated in the submission to the REF..." |
What must be deposited?: | Articles, Conference papers |
Are there any exceptions to deposit any kind of document? (check any if apply): | Patentable discoveries, Restricted data |
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?: | At time of acceptance |
Duration of permissible embargo prior papers being made freely available: | More than 12 months after publication, 12 months after publication |
Copyright reservation (funders): | Retain copyright whenever is possible |
Copyright terms...(text extracted from the policy): | "...We further recommend that institutions fully consider the extent to which they currently retain or transfer the copyright of works published by their researchers..." |
Where to archive?: | Central or subject repository, Institutional repository |
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