| Name: | Breast Cancer Now |
| Type: | Funder |
| Institution/funder website: | http://breastcancernow.org/ |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Open Access policy: | Requirement |
| Policy link: | http://breastcancernow.org/sites/default/files/public/Breast-Cancer-Now-Open-Access-Policy.pdf |
| Effective date from: | 2014-10-01 |
| Open Access, how?: | Green route (deposit in repositories), Gold route (recommend OA journal publication) |
| Can requirement be waived by funder?: | No waiver on deposit but immediate OA |
| Exemptions....(text extracted from the policy): | "Breast Cancer Now: Requires electronic copies of any research articles that have been accepted for publication in a peer-reviewed journal, and that acknowledge our funding in whole or part, to be made available through Europe PubMed Central (Europe PMC) as soon as possible and no later than 6 months after publication." |
| Scope of policy?: | Whole or partial funding |
| Funder pays for publication fees: | Yes, through supplemental 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 |
| Where to archive?: | Central or subject repository |
| Name of specified archive: | Europe PubMed Central |
| URL of specified archive: | https://europepmc.org/ |
