Overview
Horizon2020 has very specific requirements related to open access. The Multi-beneficiary General Model Grant Agreement, Version 1.0 11 December 2013 states that each beneficiary must ensure open access (free of charge, online access for any user) to all peer-reviewed scientific publications relating to its results. In particular, it must:
- as soon as possible and at the latest on publication, deposit a machine-readable electronic copy of the published version or final peer-reviewed manuscript accepted for publication in a repository for scientific publications; Moreover, the beneficiary must aim to deposit at the same time the research data needed to validate the results presented in the deposited scientific publications.
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ensure open access to the deposited publication —via the repository —at the latest:
- on publication, if an electronic version is available for free via the publisher, or
- within six months of publication (twelve months for publications in the social sciences and humanities) in any other case.
- ensure open access — via the repository — to the bibliographic metadata that identify the deposited publication.