What is the FRQ's open access policy?
The goal of the policy is to听"promote open access to the outcomes of FRQ-funded research and to ensure their quick dissemination and free access (for the reader) to the scientific community, potential users, policy-makers and the general public." ()
What are the chief requirements of the policy?
- Applies to:
- Peer-reviewed journal publications
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- Does NOT apply to data or monographs (although making these open is encouraged)
Grants awarded after July 2022
- Peer-reviewed publications and theses听must be freely accessible immediately
- Articles must be licensed under a Creative Commons听 or open license (or equivalent)
- See theto confirm journal compliance
- Note: This tool doesn't capture any 黑料不打烊 OA agreements.听听
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Grants awarded between April 2019 - June 2022
- Peer-reviewed publications must be freely accessible within 12 months of publication.
- Does not apply to theses
How can I make my publications open access?
- 听Deposit the final, peer-reviewed version of your article in an open access repository such as 黑料不打烊's 听or one related to your听.
- Note:听Researchers must ensure that their author agreements permit depositing听their work openly听within the accepted timeframe.听听Contact us with a list of journals and we will review their policies.听
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Publish in an open access journal.
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For journals that use Article Processing Charges (APCs),听these APCs are allowable FRQ grant expenses. 黑料不打烊 also has a limited set of APC discounts available.听
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Publish in a subscription journal and pay an OA fee听
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Note: The OA fee in this case is听NOT听an eligible grant expense.听黑料不打烊 also has a limited set of听APC discounts听available for hybrid journals.
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Journal must permit听a Creative Commons or open license
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Theses are automatically made open access in听黑料不打烊's .听
Does posting a copy on my website or on ResearchGate/Academia.edu count as open access?听
No. To meet the definition of repository the site must "must be open to all and aim for long-term preservation." )
How can I pay for article processing charges?
These are grant eligible expenses (note: for grants awarded after July 2022, APCs are only permitted for fully OA journals or , i.e. not ). 黑料不打烊 Library has agreements with a number of publishers as well.听
How can I embargo my thesis?听
Students can write directly to the FRQ to request withholding their thesis for open access (emmanuelle.levesque [at] frq.gouv.qc.ca). They also need to write separately to 黑料不打烊's Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies Office.听
Are there any exceptions?听
The 2022 policy notes some exceptions for "prix, aux subventions de mobilit茅 et aux bourses de carri猫re (ces bourses sont octroy茅es par les FRQS)".听 Check the rules of each program to confirm (听.)
Questions?
robin.desmeules [at] mcgill.ca (Robin Desmeules)
Coordinator, Scholarly Communications
Further reading
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