Natural Environment Research Council

Funder Information

Funder Name
Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) [English]
Funder URLs
https://nerc.ukri.org/ [English]
Identifiers
Country
United Kingdom
Group Memberships

Requires Open Access Archiving

Requirement
Natural Environment Research Council requires Open Access Archiving
What to archive
  • Conference papers
  • Peer-reviewed publications
Publication version
  • Author's final version (Optional)
  • Publisher's version (Optional)
When to archive
At the date of publication
Where to archive
  • Appropriate disciplinary repository
  • Appropriate institutional repository
OA Archiving Licence
  • CC BY [applies to all]
  • Open Government Licence [applies to all]
  • CC BY-NC [applies to all]
Special Conditions
Applies to Conference proceedings, peer-reviewed publications and reviews, Creative Commons Non-commercial and no derivative licences permitted, A separate policy exists for Monographs, book chapters and edited collections.

Requires Open Access Publishing

Requirement
Natural Environment Research Council requires Open Access Publishing
Where to publish
in a peer-reviewed open access journal
OA Publishing Licence
  • CC BY [applies when an OA journal]
  • Open Government Licence [applies when an OA journal]
Conditions
Costs of open access publication may be reimbursed by this funder
Special Conditions
Creative Commons No Derivatives licence by exception only

General Open Access Policy

Effective for all current projects from:
1 April 2022
Effective for all new projects from:
1 April 2022
Earlier compliance encouraged.
Yes
Application scope
Applies to all fully or partly funded projects
Special Conditions
Compliance may be achieved via publication or archiving
Policy Links

Requires Open Data Archiving

Requirement
Natural Environment Research Council requires Open Data Archiving
Types of Data
  • Research Data
  • Specimens and Samples
  • Program Code
  • Unspecified Data
When to archive
Not specified
Where to archive
Data Access Cost
Costs of access provision may be recovered on a not-for-profit basis.
Special Conditions
Research articles must have a Data Access Statement, Research data should be made as openly accessible with few restrictions., Data can include code, software, numerical scores, textual records, images, sounds, objects and manuscripts.
Policy links
UKRI open access policy [Policy]: https://www.ukri.org/publications/ukri-open-access-policy/

Record Information

ID
726
Date Created
23 January 2013 12:29:51 UTC
Last Modified
9 May 2022 10:31:58 UTC
URI
https://v2.sherpa.ac.uk/id/funder/726
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