Implementation Roadmap of cOAlition S Organisations

The following table shows for each cOAlition S Organisation:

The date their Plan S-aligned Open Access policy will apply from
What their Plan S-aligned Open Access policy will apply to

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
Academy of Finland (AKA)	1^st January 2021	All new funding calls opened after 1/1/2021	Adoption to follow	Yes
Aligning Science Across Parkinson’s (ASAP)	1^st January 2022	All research articles submitted for publication from 1/1/2022	Early adopter	Yes
Austrian Science Fund (FWF)	1^st January 2021	All new grants awarded after 1/1/2021	Early adopter	Yes, but only when the journal is part of a Transformative Agreement
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation	1^st January 2021	All research articles submitted for publication from 1/1/2021	Early adopter	Yes
European Commission (Horizon Europe Framework Programme)	1^st January 2021	All new funding calls opened after 1/1/2021	The EC policy – as per the Horizon Europe Model Grant Agreement – aligns with the prior obligation approach to the Rights Retention Strategy	No
Formas (Sweden)	1^st January 2021	All new funding calls opened after 1/1/2021	Early adopter	Yes
FORTE (Sweden)	1^st January 2021	All new grants awarded after 1/1/2021	Early adopter	No
French National Research Agency (ANR)	1^st 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)	1^st January 2021	All new funding calls opened after 1/1/2021	Adoption to follow	N/A
Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) (from 2022)	1^st January 2022	Research articles submitted for publication from 1/1/2022	Early adopter	Yes
Luxembourg National Research Fund (FNR)	1^st January 2021	All new funding calls opened after 1/1/2021	Early adopter	Yes
National Institute for Nuclear Physics (INFN, Italy)	1^st January 2021	All new funding calls opened after 1/1/2021	Adoption to follow	Yes
National Science and Technology Council (NSTC, Zambia)	1^st January 2021	All new funding calls opened after 1/1/2021	Adoption to follow	N/A
National Science Centre, Poland (NCN)	1^st January 2021	All new grants awarded after 1/1/2021	Early adopter	Yes
Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO)	1^st January 2021	All new funding calls opened after 1/1/2021	Early adopter	No
Research Council of Norway (RCN)	1^st January 2021	All new funding calls opened after 1/1/2021	Early adopter	Yes
Science Foundation Ireland (SFI)	1^st January 2021	All research articles submitted for publication from 1/1/2021	Early adopter	Yes
Slovenian Research Agency (ARRS)	1^st January 2021	All new funding calls opened after 1/1/2021	Adoption to follow	Yes
South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC)	1^st January 2021	All research articles submitted for publication from 1/1/2021	Early adopter	Yes
Templeton World Charity Foundation (TWCF)	1^st January 2021	All research articles submitted for publication from 1/1/2021	Adoption to follow	Yes
United Kingdom Research & Innovation (UKRI)	1 April 2022	All research articles submitted for publication from 1/4/2022	TBC	TBC
Vinnova (Sweden)	1^st January 2021	All new funding calls opened after 1/1/2021	Adoption to follow	N/A
Wellcome	1^st January 2021	All research articles submitted for publication from 1/1/2021	Early adopter	Yes
World Health Organization (WHO)	1^st 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)	1^st 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

Implementation Roadmap of cOAlition S Organisations

Page last updated: 10th November 2020