| Name: | Diabetes UK |
| Type: | Funder |
| Institution/funder website: | http://www.diabetes.org.uk |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Open Access policy: | Requirement |
| Policy link: | http://www.diabetes.org.uk/Documents/Research/For%20researchers/Applying%20for%20a%20grant/Policy%20-%20Open%20Access%20-%20Nov%202014.docx |
| Effective date from: | 2014-06-01 |
| Open Access, how?: | Green route (deposit in repositories), Gold route (recommend OA journal publication) |
| Can requirement be waived by funder?: | No waiver on deposit; case-based waiver on immediate OA |
| Exemptions....(text extracted from the policy): | "Diabetes UK recognises that some journals may not be compliant with this policy and we do not wish to prevent our funded researchers from publishing their research in the most appropriate journal. Therefore, in exceptional circumstances only and with the prior approval of Diabetes UK, Diabetes UK funded researchers may publish in a journal that would not allow the article to be deposited in Europe PubMed Central within six months" |
| Scope of policy?: | Whole or partial funding |
| Funder pays for publication fees: | No |
| What must be deposited?: | Articles |
| When are accepted peer-reviewed papers to be deposited?: | At time of publication |
| Duration of permissible embargo prior papers being made freely available: | 6 months after publication |
| Copyright reservation (funders): | Any publishing or copyright agreements concerning articles have to comply with the OA policy |
| Where to archive?: | Central or subject repository |
| Name of specified archive: | Europe PubMed Central |
| URL of specified archive: | http://europepmc.org/ |
