Cancer Research UK

Funder Information

Funder Name
Cancer Research UK [English]
Funder URLs
http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/ [English]
Identifiers
Country
United Kingdom
Group Memberships
Europe PMC Funders' Group

Requires Open Access Archiving

Requirement
Cancer Research UK requires Open Access Archiving
What to archive
Peer-reviewed publications
Publication version
  • Publisher's version (Optional)
  • Author's final version (Optional)
When to archive
At the date of publication
Where to archive
Named repository
Named Repositories
Europe PMC http://europepmc.org/ (Required)
OA Archiving Licence
CC BY v4.0 [applies to all]
Special Conditions
You must acknowledge Cancer Research UK funding in the funding acknowledgement section of the paper, using your grant reference number., You may comply by publishing in a journal that has agreed a transformative agreement with your Host Institution.

Requires Open Access Publishing

Requirement
Cancer Research UK 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 v4.0 [applies to all]
Conditions
Costs of open access publication may be reimbursed by this funder
Special Conditions
OA journal costs may be met from existing grant underspend, Authors may only publish in journals which do not allow deposit in Europe PMC within 6 months in exceptional circumstances only;

General Open Access Policy

Effective for all current projects from:
1 October 2014
Effective for all new projects from:
1 October 2014
Application scope
Applies to all fully or partly funded projects
Notes
  • This policy applies to all CRUK-funded researchers, Host Institutions and funded collaborators in relation to original, primary research publications that are accepted for publication in a peer-reviewed journal.
  • The policy does not apply to book chapters, monographs, editorials, reviews or conference proceedings.
  • Authors may comply by submitting to an OA journal or depositing their author's final version in Europe PMC
Policy Links

Requires Open Data Archiving

Requirement
Cancer Research UK requires Open Data Archiving
Types of Data
  • Research Data
  • Associated Metadata
  • Unspecified Data
When to archive
Immediately after publication of results
Where to archive
  • Appropriate institutional repository
  • Any appropriate repository
Effective for all new projects from
1 April 2009
Special Conditions
Data may be sent securely to requestor without being placed in a repository, Appropriate repositories may include institutional website, data archive facilities, or a data enclave., Data is to be released no later than the acceptance for the publication of the main findings of the final dataset., Data must be available for sharing for a minimum of 5 years after end of research grant.
Policy links
Data Sharing Guidelines [Policy]: https://www.cancerresearchuk.org/funding-for-researchers/applying-for-funding/policies-that-affect-your-grant/submission-of-a-data-sharing-and-preservation-strategy/data-sharing-guidelines

Record Information

ID
19
Date Created
30 May 2007 13:34:11 UTC
Last Modified
28 February 2023 08:45:43 UTC
URI
https://v2.sherpa.ac.uk/id/funder/19
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