Half of federally-funded research to be made available to the public - UPI.com
Half of taxpayer funded research will soon be available to the public | The Switch
Jan. 21 (UPI) -- Last week's $1.1 billion
omnibus spending bill contained a provision that now makes half of
federally-funded research open to the public.
The provision makes it
mandatory for the Education, Labor, and Health and Human Services
agencies with research budgets over a $100 million to publish online
research studies within 12 months of publication in a peer-reviewed
journal.
According to the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC), this means nearly $31 billion of research
will now be openly accessible. This is similar to a program launched by
the National Institutes of Health in 2008 and a WhiteHouse.gov petition
that garnered enough signatures to earn an official administration
response.
Executive Directive on Public Access | SPARC
On February 22nd, the White House issused an executive memorandum that
included a directive requiring the results of taxpayer-funded research –
both articles and data – to be made available to the general public to
freely access and fully use, with the goals of accelerating scientific
discovery and fueling innovation.
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