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) 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 Early adopter Yes
Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR) 1st January 2021 All research articles submitted for publication from 1/1/2021 Early adopter Yes
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