Australia’s largest research funders, Australian Research Council (ARC) and National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) have introduced open access policies requiring outputs arising from funded research be made openly available.
NHMRC
On 20 September 2022, the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) released a new open access policy. This policy mandates full and immediate open access for all research outputs funded by the NHMRC.
The 2022 policy applies to all newly awarded grants and scholarships that fall under the NHMRC Grant Opportunity Guidelines issued on or after 20 September 2022.
It is important to note that NHMRC grant holders awarded grants before 20 September 2022 will continue to operate under the previous NHMRC open access policy (2018, updated in 2020). According to this policy, research outputs must be made open access within 12 months from the date of publication.
How to comply with funder requirements?
This requirement can be met by adding the publication to Charles Sturt's CRO.
| ARC |
Applies to articles resulting from funding Rules and Agreements released after 1 January 2013 |
| NHMRC |
Applies to articles accepted for publication from 20th September 2022* |
The Chief Investigator identified in the grant is responsible for compliance. When an article is accepted for publication, they will need to ensure that Charles Sturt University's institutional repository CRO, includes:
- The publication's metadata i.e. journal name, title, author(s), volume, issue, pagination and Grant Number
- An Open Access version of the publication, if the publisher's policy allows. Otherwise the Published Version-of-Record which would be locked, depending on publisher policies.
Legal or contractual reasons may limit the ability to comply with the mandate. Contact cro@csu.edu.au if you would like to discuss whether the publication can be made open access.
Further information about these mandates can be found at the ARC and NHMRC
