| Name: | Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) [German Research Foundation] |
| Type: | Funder |
| Institution/funder website: | http://www.dfg.de/ |
| Country: | Germany |
| Open Access policy: | Request |
| Policy link: | http://www.dfg.de/formulare/2_012e/2_012e.pdf |
| Effective date from: | 2006-04-01 |
| Open Access, how?: | Green route (deposit in repositories), Gold route (recommend OA journal publication) |
| Scope of policy?: | Whole funding |
| What must be deposited?: | Articles |
| Versions of papers that may/must be deposited: | Unspecified |
| 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, 12 months after publication |
| Copyright reservation (funders): | Retain copyright whenever is possible |
| Copyright terms...(text extracted from the policy): | "...When entering into publishing contracts scientists participating in DFG-funded projects should, as far as possible, permanently reserve a non-exclusive right of exploitation for electronic publication of their research results for the purpose of open access..." |
| Where to archive?: | Central or subject repository, Institutional repository |
