| Name: | Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) |
| Type: | Funder |
| Institution/funder website: | http://www.a-star.edu.sg |
| Country: | Singapur |
| Open Access policy: | Requirement |
| Policy link: | http://roarmap.eprints.org/933/1/FAQ_OAR.pdf |
| Effective date from: | 2013-08-01 |
| 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): | "...if you choose to publish in a journal that does not comply with the mandate, you need to provide justifications subject to review on a case-by-case basis..." |
| Scope of policy?: | Whole or partial funding |
| Funder pays for publication fees: | Yes (charged by direct or indirect costs) |
| What must be deposited?: | Articles, Conference papers |
| 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: | 12 months after publication |
| Where to archive?: | Central or subject repository, Institutional repository |
| Name of specified archive: | A*STAR Open Access Repository |
| URL of specified archive: | http://oar.a-star.edu.sg/xmlui |
