Research funders and open access
The Dutch government and European Union aim to make all scientific publications open access.
Is your research funded by the European Union? In that case you are obliged to make your publication open access available. The EU accepts a maximum embargo period of six months (Sciences) or of twelve months (Social Sciences & Humanities).
Funding
You can pay for the costs of open access publishing from your project budget. This applies to articles in full open access journals and hybrid journals, but also to open access books.
New requirements
As of 2021, the conditions for new projects have become stricter. Publications must immediately be made open access available, without an embargo period, and with a CC-BY license. Only costs for publications in fully open access journals and for books are reimbursed.
Additional information
Research funder NWO requires you to make your publication available in open access. Publications include (peer reviewed) articles and books (monographs, edited volumes, proceedings and chapters). NWO does not accept embargo periods for articles. A maximum period of 12 months applies to books and book chapters.
Funding
You can pay for the costs of open access publishing from the project budget of the funder. Publishing in a full open access journal is a condition for reimbursement.
In addition NWO has a separate fund for open access books
New requirements
For NWO calls after 1 January 2021 the requirements have been tightened in accordance with the principles of Plan S. Publications must immediately be made available in open access with a CC-BY license and the author must retain the copyright. NWO will also monitor compliance with these guidelines, with possible consequences for determining the grant. Only costs for publications in fully open access journals (and books) will be reimbursed.
Additional information
Research funder ZonMw requires you to make your publication available in open access. Publications include (peer reviewed) articles and books (monographs, edited volumes, proceedings and chapters). Embargo periods for articles are not accepted. A maximum period of 12 months applies to books and book chapters.
Funding
You can pay for the costs of open access publishing from the project budget of the funder. Publishing in a full open access journal is an condition for reimbursement. Per research project a maximum of 5,000 euros can be spent.
Additional information:
Other research funders
Are you funded by other parties? Check the SHERPA Juliet database to find out what conditions are set by your open access funder.
To the SHERPA Juliet databaseQuestions?
Contact us for questions about meeting your funder's open access requirements.