Research Council of Norway

Funder Information

Funder Name
  • Research Council of Norway [English]
  • Forskningsrådet [Norwegian]
  • Norges Forskningsrådet [Norwegian]
Funder URLs
Identifiers
Country
Norway
Group Memberships
Plan S Funders

Requires Open Access Archiving

Requirement
Research Council of Norway requires Open Access Archiving
What to archive
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
  • Appropriate institutional repository
  • Appropriate disciplinary repository
Archiving Conditions
Publisher's copyright, licensing and embargo policies must be respected
Special Conditions
Where 'Green' route is chosen, there is a maximum embargo period for making the work open access of 6 months for Medicine, Health Sciences, Mathematics, Natural Sciences and Technology subjects and for Social Sciences and Humanities, where the maximum emb

Encourages Open Access Publishing

Requirement
Research Council of Norway encourages Open Access Publishing
Where to publish
in a peer-reviewed open access journal (Optional)

General Open Access Policy

Application scope
Applies to all fully or partly funded projects
Notes
Institutions with an internal publication fund may be eligible to claim some of the publication costs in OAJ from the Council (Scheme will run from 2014 to 2019)
Policy Links
Policy on Open Science [Info]: https://www.forskningsradet.no/en/forskningspolitisk-radgivning/open-science/policy-for-open-science/

Encourages Open Data Archiving

Requirement
Research Council of Norway encourages Open Data Archiving
Types of Data
  • Research Data
  • Associated Metadata
When to archive
At the earliest possible opportunity
Where to archive
  • Any appropriate repository
  • Named repository
Named Repositories
Norwegian Centre for Research Data (NSD) https://nsd.no/nsd/english/index.html
Effective for all new projects from
2017
Special Conditions
Research data should be stored in a safe and secure manner, Research data should be accessible for reuse on an equal basis, Research data should be may accessible at the lowest possible cost, Research data should be provided with a license for access, reuse and redistribution, Data used in scientific articles should be made accessible as soon as possible, and never later than at the time of publication, Exceptions on depositing of research data are permitted, see policy for details, As a general rule, R&D-performing institutions themselves are responsible for determining which archiving solution to use., Under certain circumstances, the Research Council is entitled to stipulate storage of data and/or metadata in specific national or international archives., In connection with certain relevant projects in the fields of social science, humanities, medicine and health, and environmental and development research, we will ask you to archive data at the Norwegian Centre for Research Data (NSD).
Policy links
Open access to research data [Statement]: https://www.forskningsradet.no/en/forskningspolitisk-radgivning/open-science/open-access-to-research-data/

Record Information

ID
266
Date Created
6 February 2009 09:25:04 UTC
Last Modified
4 January 2022 09:45:41 UTC
URI
https://v2.sherpa.ac.uk/id/funder/266
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