Medical Research Council

Funder Information

Funder Name
Medical Research Council (MRC) [English]
URL
http://www.mrc.ac.uk/index.htm [English]
Identifiers
FundRef DOI: https://doi.org/10.13039/501100000265
Country
United Kingdom
Group Memberships

Requires Open Access Archiving

Requirement
Medical Research Council requires Open Access Archiving
What to archive
  • Conference papers
  • Peer-reviewed publications
Publication version
Author's final version (Required)
When to archive
At the earliest possible opportunity
Permitted Embargo
6 months
Where to archive
Named repository
Named Repositories
Europe PMC http://europepmc.org/ (Required)
OA Archiving License
  • Creative Commons: Attribution [applies if an OA fee is paid]
  • Creative Commons: Attribution-Noncommercial [applies if no OA fee is paid]
Archiving Conditions
Authors must retain the copyright of their publications for Open Access purposes
Special Conditions
Authors may comply with policy by publishing in an Open Access Journal or Depositing in a repository

Requires Open Access Publishing

Requirement
Medical Research Council requires Open Access Publishing
Where to publish
  • as an article with immediate paid-for open access (Alternative)
  • in a peer-reviewed open access journal (Alternative)

General Open Access Policy

Effective for all current projects from:
1 April 2013
Effective for all new projects from:
1 April 2013
Earlier compliance encouraged.
Yes
Application scope
  • Applies to all fully or partly funded projects
  • Applies to work conducted using funder's facilities
Notes
  • Open Access fees may be reimbursed via block grants to institutions
  • Applies to peer-reviewed research articles (including review articles not commissioned by publishers) published in journals or conference proceedings.
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Requires Open Data Archiving

Requirement
Medical Research Council requires Open Data Archiving
Types of Data
Research Data
When to archive
Within a reasonable time after completion of the work
Where to archive
  • Appropriate institutional repository (Optional )
  • Appropriate disciplinary repository (Optional )
  • Named repository (Optional )
Named Repositories
UK Data Archive http://www.data-archive.ac.uk/ (Optional)
Effective for all new projects from
1 January 2006
Special Conditions
Pre-documented exclusivity periods allowed, on primary and secondary data, in data sharing plans, Access policies and practises for new and existing MRC funded data collections must be transparent, equitable and practicable, Must submit data management plan with grant proposal
Policy links

System Metadata

ID
705
Date Created
23 January 2013 11:23:01 UTC
Last Modified
15 March 2019 13:28:31 UTC
URI
http://v2.sherpa.ac.uk/id/funder/705
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