The following table shows for each cOAlition S Organisation:
It also shows which funders are adopting the Rights Retention Strategy to support the implementation of their Plan S-aligned OA policy from 1/1/2021. These funders are designated as “early adopters”. Other funders, who plan to update their grant conditions at a later date, are categorised as “adoption to follow”.
cOAlition S organisation (funder) | Launch date for implementing Plan S-aligned OA policy | Application of Plan S principles | Rights Retention Strategy Implementation | Support the payment of fair and reasonable APCs in Transformative Journals |
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Academy of Finland (AKA) | 1st January 2021 | All new funding calls opened after 1/1/2021 | Adoption to follow | Yes |
Aligning Science Across Parkinson’s (ASAP) | 1st January 2022 | All research articles submitted for publication from 1/1/2022 | Early adopter | Yes |
Austrian Science Fund (FWF) | 1st January 2021 | All new grants awarded after 1/1/2021 | Early adopter | Yes |
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation | 1st January 2021 | All research articles submitted for publication from 1/1/2021 | Early adopter | Yes |
European Commission (Horizon Europe Framework Programme) |
1st January 2021 | All new funding calls opened after 1/1/2021 | Early adopter (Note: the EC intends to implement the Rights Retention Strategy through the adoption of the Model Grant Agreement in Autumn 2020) |
No |
Formas (Sweden) | 1st January 2021 | All new funding calls opened after 1/1/2021 | Early adopter | Yes |
FORTE (Sweden) | 1st January 2021 | All new grants awarded after 1/1/2021 | Early adopter | No |
French National Research Agency (ANR) | 1st January 2021 | All new funding calls opened after the publication of the ANR action plan in 2021 | Early adopter | Yes |
Higher Council for Science and Technology (HCST, Jordan) | 1st January 2021 | All new funding calls opened after 1/1/2021 | Adoption to follow | N/A |
Howard Hughes Medical Institute | 1st January 2022 | Research articles submitted for publication from 1/1/2022 | Adoption to follow | Yes |
Luxembourg National Research Fund (FNR) | 1st January 2021 | All new funding calls opened after 1/1/2021 | Early adopter | Yes |
National Institute for Nuclear Physics (INFN, Italy) | 1st January 2021 | All new funding calls opened after 1/1/2021 | Adoption to follow | Yes |
National Science and Technology Council (NSTC, Zambia) | 1st January 2021 | All new funding calls opened after 1/1/2021 | Adoption to follow | N/A |
National Science Centre, Poland (NCN) | 1st January 2021 | All new grants awarded after 1/1/2021 | Early adopter | Yes |
Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) | 1st January 2021 | All new funding calls opened after 1/1/2021 | Early adopter | No |
Research Council of Norway (RCN) | 1st January 2021 | All new funding calls opened after 1/1/2021 | Early adopter | Yes |
Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) | 1st January 2021 | All research articles submitted for publication from 1/1/2021 | Early adopter | Yes |
Slovenian Research Agency (ARRS) | 1st January 2021 | All new funding calls opened after 1/1/2021 | Adoption to follow | Yes |
South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) | 1st January 2021 | All research articles submitted for publication from 1/1/2021 | Early adopter | Yes |
Templeton World Charity Foundation (TWCF) | 1st January 2021 | All research articles submitted for publication from 1/1/2021 | Adoption to follow | Yes |
United Kingdom Research & Innovation (UKRI) | Awaiting outcome from OA review | Pending | ||
Vinnova (Sweden) | 1st January 2021 | All new funding calls opened after 1/1/2021 | Adoption to follow | N/A |
Wellcome | 1st January 2021 | All research articles submitted for publication from 1/1/2021 | Early adopter | Yes |
World Health Organization (WHO) | 1st January 2021 | All research articles submitted for publication from 1/1/2021 | In view of WHO’s legal status as an intergovernmental organization, the RRS is not applicable for the research it supports. WHO’s OA policy is fully aligned with Plan S. | Yes |
Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR) | 1st January 2021 | All research articles submitted for publication from 1/1/2021 | TDR is under WHO responsibility. In view of WHO’s legal status as an intergovernmental organization, the RRS is not applicable for the research it supports. WHO’s OA policy is fully aligned with Plan S | Yes |