| Name: | Department of Biotechnology and Department of Science & Technology
Ministry of Science & Technology
Government of India |
| Type: | Funder |
| Institution/funder website: | http://www.dbtindia.nic.in http://www.dst-gov.in |
| Country: | India |
| Open Access policy: | Requirement |
| Policy link: | http://dst.gov.in/whats_new/whats_new14/APPROVED%20OPEN%20ACCESS%20POLICY-DBT&DST(12.12.2014).pdf |
| Effective date from: | 2014-12-12 |
| Open Access, how?: | Green route (deposit in repositories) |
| Can requirement be waived by funder?: | No waiver on deposit but immediate OA |
| Exemptions....(text extracted from the policy): | "...However, if the journal insists on an embargo, the material should still be deposited, and the IR will make the paper(s) available at the end of the embargo period.." |
| Scope of policy?: | Whole or partial funding |
| What must be deposited?: | Articles |
| Versions of papers that may/must be deposited: | Author's peer-reviewed final draft |
| When are accepted peer-reviewed papers to be deposited?: | At time of acceptance |
| Duration of permissible embargo prior papers being made freely available: | 6 months after publication, 12 months after publication |
| Copyright reservation (funders): | Retain copyright whenever is possible |
| Copyright terms...(text extracted from the policy): | "It is not the intent of this policy to violate copyright or other agreements entered into by the researcher,
institution or funding agency. However, the DST and DBT expects the authors to bring to the notice of publishers their obligations under this policy to deposit the manuscript in institutional or central
depository of the funding agency." |
| Where to archive?: | Central or subject repository, Institutional repository |
| Are there any type of monitoring actions to check compliance with the policy ( if yes, check any if apply): | Required manuscript submission number/OD identifier |
