Policies and guidelines of research funders and programmes

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• COST

  • Rules and principles for COST activities (PDF): COST is committed to Open Science in general and focuses on the open access to research results (chapter 3.1.1. Openness and inclusiveness)
  • Annotated Rules for COST actions (PDF): more detailed information about Open Access (chapter 5. Communication, Dissemination and Valorisation of the COST action results)
  • Data Protection FAQ for COST Actions (PDF)
  • FAQ on Open Research Europe
  • see also Horizon
• Erasmus+

  • Erasmus+ Open Access Requirement for educational materials
  • Erasmus+ Open Access for research and data
• ERC & Horizon Europe

  ERC Grants

  • ERC Open Science website: key concepts, requirements

  • Open Research Data and Data Management Plans. Information for ERC grantees (PDF): April 2022

  • Data management plan template (MS Word)

  Horizon Europe

  • Open Science in Horizon Europe
  • Open Access and research data management in Horizon Europe: Information by FFG
  • RDM in Horizon Europe Proposals: OpenAIRE Guide for researchers
  • How to comply with Horizon Europe mandate for Research Data Management: OpenAIRE Guide for researchers
  • How to comply with Horizon Europe mandate for publications: OpenAIRE Guide for researchers

  Horizon 2020

  • Guidelines on FAIR Data Management in Horizon 2020: Guidelines from the expired research programme
• FWF

  • Data management plan template and evaluation rubric

  • Open Access Policy

  • Integrity and Ethics
• Interreg

  Interreg programmes are not research programmes. There are currently only guidelines for the communication and publication of project results/outputs (use of the relevant programme/project logos, reference to EU funding/funds, etc.). However, there are no specific regulations regarding data management as there are for other EU programmes.

  Still, the project results/outputs are to be made available to the public, especially by publishing the results/outputs on the project websites. More on the programme at https://interreg.eu/.
• OeAD Sparkling Science

  • Sparkling Science 2.0 Guideline (PDF): Sparkling Science has no specific requirements for research data management, but it requires open access to research results and is overall based on the concept of Open Science.
• WWTF

  Vienna Science and Technology Fund

  • Open Science Policy (PDF): valid since 09.03.2022
  • Open Access Regulation (PDF): valid until 08.03.2022