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)
  • Minimum information for a DMP in ERC (TU Vienna)

  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
  • Open Access Block Grant
  • 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
• Ethics guidelines

  Usual templates for data management plans include a chapter on ethical considerations. Here some examples for guidelines, codices, or handbooks you can use or refer to in this context.

  Good academic practice
  

  • Guidelines for Good Scientific Practice (Austrian Agency for Research Integrity, 2015)
  • Best Practice Guide for Research Integrity and Ethics (Austrian federal ministry of science, 2020)
  • Guidelines of Safety and Diversity in Research (FWF, 2024)
  • The European Code of Conduct for Research Integrity (allea, revised edition 2023)

  Ethics guidelines for specific disciplines or research areas
  

  • Ethics in Social Science and Humanities (Guidelines of the European Commission for Horizon Europe, prepared by Marjo Rauhala and Louiza Kalokairinou, 2021)
  • Research Ethics in Ethnography/Anthropology (Guidelines of the European Commission for Horizon2020, prepared by Ron Iphofen)
  • Guidelines for the Care of Collections from Colonial Contexts (Deutscher Museumsbund, 3. version, 2021)
  • Guidelines for the Care of Human Remains in Museums and Collections (Deutscher Museumsbund, 2021)
  • Ethics Guidelines for Collecting Folklore: Ethical guidelines for good practice in collecting, archiving and sharing folklore material (The Folklore Society, UK, 2022)
  • The Sex and Gender Equity in Research (SAGER) guidelines: Implementation and checklist development (2022)

  Digital Humanism, Ethics of IT and AI

  • Vienna Manifesto of Digital Humanism (2019)
  • Living Guidelines for the Responsible Use of Generative AI in Research (European Commission, 2024)

  Research with indigenous groups, individuals, data

  • CARE Principles for indigenous data governance ("reflect the crucial role of data in advancing Indigenous innovation and self-determination", "complement the existing FAIR principles encouraging open and other data movements to consider both people and purpose in their advocacy and pursuits")
  • National Inuit Strategy on Research (Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, 2018)
  • Interviewing Elders. Guidelines from the National Aboriginal Health Organization (National Aboriginal Health Organization, about 2005)
  • Guidelines for the ethical publishing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander authors and research from those communities (The Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, 2015)

  Overview

  • International Compilation of Human Research Standards ("enumerates over 1,000 laws, regulations, and guidelines that govern human subject protections in 133 countries, as well as standards from a number of international and regional organizations", 2020)