Economic and Social Research Council

Funder Information

Funder Name
Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) [English]
Funder URLs
http://www.esrc.ac.uk/ [English]
Identifiers
FundRef DOI: 10.13039/501100000269
Country
United Kingdom
Group Memberships

Requires Open Access Archiving

Requirement
Economic and Social 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
12 months
Where to archive
  • Appropriate institutional repository
  • Appropriate disciplinary repository
OA Archiving Licence
CC BY-NC [applies to all]
Archiving Conditions
Authors must retain the copyright of their publications for Open Access purposes

Requires Open Access Publishing

Requirement
Economic and Social Research Council requires Open Access Publishing
Where to publish
  • as an article with immediate paid-for open access (Optional)
  • in a peer-reviewed open access journal (Optional)
OA Publishing Licence
  • CC BY [applies if an OA fee is paid]
  • CC BY-NC [applies if no OA fee is paid]
  • CC BY [applies when an OA journal]
Conditions
  • Publisher must allow immediate deposit of the published version of the article in any repository
  • Costs of open access publication may be reimbursed by this funder
Special Conditions
Open Access fees may be reimbursed via block grants to institutions

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
Notes
  • An embargo period of 24 months, may be allowed where an Open Access fee is available, but there are no funds to pay for it.
  • Applies to peer-reviewed research articles (including review articles not commissioned by publishers) published in journals or conference proceedings.
  • Authors may comply with policy by publishing in an Open Access Journal or Depositing in a repository
Policy Links

Requires Open Data Archiving

Requirement
Economic and Social Research Council requires Open Data Archiving
Types of Data
  • Research Data
  • Associated Metadata
  • Supporting Documentation
When to archive
Within 3 months of completion
Where to archive
  • Appropriate institutional repository (Preferred )
  • Any appropriate repository (Preferred )
  • Named repository (Required )
Named Repositories
Special Conditions
Both machine-readable and non-machine- readable data, Datasets arising as a result of primary data collection, and to derived datasets, Examples: interview transcripts; diaries; field notes; observational recordings
Policy links

Record Information

ID
717
Date Created
23 January 2013 12:09:15 UTC
Last Modified
7 April 2020 15:19:39 UTC
URI
http://v2.sherpa.ac.uk/id/funder/717
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