| Name: | MacArthur Foundation (John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation) |
| Type: | Funder |
| Institution/funder website: | http://www.macfound.org/ |
| Country: | United States |
| Open Access policy: | Request |
| Policy link: | http://www.macfound.org/about/our-policies/intellectual-property |
| Effective date from: | 2008-09-18 |
| 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): | "...The Foundation recognizes there may be circumstances where limited or delayed dissemination of Grant Work Product or limited access to data may be appropriate to protect legitimate interests of the grantee, other funders, principal investigators or participants in research studies. Such circumstances will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis..." |
| Scope of policy?: | Whole funding |
| Funder pays for publication fees: | Yes (charged by direct or indirect costs) |
| What must be deposited?: | Articles, Data |
| Versions of papers that may/must be deposited: | Unspecified |
| When are accepted peer-reviewed papers to be deposited?: | Unspecified |
| Copyright reservation (funders): | Grantees retain the non-exclusive rights of explotation to allow self-archiving |
| Copyright terms...(text extracted from the policy): | "...Intellectual property rights (including copyright and patent rights) should not be used to limit or deny access to the Grant Work Product, to result in exclusive use of such Grant Work Product, or to create revenue that is not used for charitable purposes. While copyright to the Grant Work Product will ordinarily remain with the grantee, the Foundation will require that it be granted a no-cost assignable license to use or publish the Grant Work Product..." |
| Where to archive?: | Unspecified |
