Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council

Funder Information

Funder Name
  • Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) [English]
  • Conseil de recherches en sciences humaines (CRSH) [French]
Funder URLs
Identifiers
Country
Canada

Requires Open Access Archiving

Requirement
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council requires Open Access Archiving
What to archive
Peer-reviewed publications
Publication version
Author's final version (Required)
When to archive
At the date of publication
Permitted Embargo
12 months
Where to archive
  • Appropriate institutional repository
  • Appropriate disciplinary repository
Archiving Conditions
Authors are encouraged to retain the copyright of their publications
Special Conditions
Authors are encouraged to deposit in repository even if article is immediate open access on journal website, Encouraged to retain key rights through the use of a publication addendum or inserting set text (see policy)

Requires Open Access Publishing

Requirement
Social Sciences and Humanities 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)
Conditions
Costs of open access publication may be reimbursed by this funder

General Open Access Policy

Effective for all current projects from:
1 May 2015
Earlier compliance encouraged.
Yes
Application scope
Applies to all fully or partly funded projects
Notes
  • Grant recipients can publish in a journal that offers immediate open access or that offers open access on its website within 12 months.
  • This is a tri-agency policy.
  • For research funded in whole or in part by NSERC or SSHRC, this policy applies to all grants awarded May 1, 2015 and onward.
  • For research funded in whole or in part by CIHR, this policy applies to all grants awarded January 1, 2008 and onward.
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Requires Open Data Archiving

Requirement
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council requires Open Data Archiving
Types of Data
  • Unpublished Data
  • Research Data
When to archive
Immediately after publication of results
Where to archive
  • Named repository (Optional )
  • Any appropriate repository (Required )
Named Repositories
Special Conditions
Data Policy applies to CIHR only., CIHR grant holders are required to deposit bioinformatics, atomic, and molecular coordinate data into the appropriate public database.
Policy links

Record Information

ID
481
Date Created
3 February 2012 15:18:43 UTC
Last Modified
11 February 2021 18:08:20 UTC
URI
https://v2.sherpa.ac.uk/id/funder/481
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