Science Foundation Ireland

Funder Information

Funder Name
Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) [English]
Funder URLs
http://www.sfi.ie/ [English]
Identifiers
Country
Ireland
Group Memberships
Plan S Funders

Requires Open Access Archiving

Requirement
Science Foundation Ireland requires Open Access Archiving
What to archive
  • Conference papers
  • Peer-reviewed publications
  • Project reports
Publication version
  • Publisher's version (Preferred)
  • Author's final version (Optional)
When to archive
At the date of publication
Where to archive
  • Appropriate institutional repository
  • Appropriate disciplinary repository
  • Named repository
Named Repositories
Metadata Record
Metadata must be deposited at the date of publication
OA Archiving Licence
CC BY [applies to all]
Archiving Conditions
  • Authors must retain the copyright of their publications for Open Access purposes
  • Metadata must include a link to the publisher's website
Special Conditions
Life Science publications must be placed in PubMed central and/ or European PubMed Central, Set statement to accompany deposit, see policy

Requires Open Access Publishing

Requirement
Science Foundation Ireland 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 to all]
Conditions
Costs of open access publication may be reimbursed by this funder
Special Conditions
SFI will support a contribution to costs in open access venues or subscription journals with transformative agreements

General Open Access Policy

Effective for all current projects from:
1 January 2020
Application scope
Applies to all fully or partly funded projects
Notes
  • Publications must be available under a CC-BY licence unless an exception has been granted by SFI in advance.
  • To facilitate prompt dissemination of research findings SFI encourages researchers to deposit preprints ahead of publication.
  • The following criteria apply to books and monographs: all should be made openly available as soon as possible but no later than 12 months from publication date.
Policy Links
SFI’s Open Access policy [Policy]: https://www.sfi.ie/funding/sfi-policies-and-guidance/open-research/SFIs-Open-Access-Policy-V.3.-04.05.2021.pdf

Encourages Open Data Archiving

Requirement
Science Foundation Ireland encourages Open Data Archiving
Types of Data
  • Research Data
  • Associated Metadata
  • Supporting Documentation
  • Program Code
When to archive
Immediately after publication of results
Where to archive
Any appropriate repository (Required )
Effective for all new projects from
1 February 2009
Special Conditions
Software, together with methods and algorithms, should in keeping with best practice of scientific reproducibility key scientific results should be made available openly, The DOI must be included in the metadata
Policy links
Research Data Management [Policy]: https://www.sfi.ie/funding/sfi-policies-and-guidance/open-research/

Record Information

ID
210
Date Created
13 May 2008 14:18:05 UTC
Last Modified
27 May 2021 12:03:38 UTC
URI
https://v2.sherpa.ac.uk/id/funder/210
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