EC policies and mandates

Open Access to publications and research data, FAIR data

Horizon Europe moves beyond Open Access to Open Science

Open science is a policy priority for the European Commission and the standard method of working under its research and innovation funding programmes as it improves the quality, efficiency and responsiveness of research.

Open Access to publications

HORIZON EUROPE

All peer-reviewed scientific publications arising from Horizon Europe funding have to be made available in Open Access. This implies that publications are to be made freely available online, immediately upon publication and with no restrictions on use, by depositing them on a repository.

Research data management

HORIZON EUROPE

Research Data Management (RDM) forms the practical requisites to performing good research by defining rules that should be followed and touches upon open science and the FAIR principles in doing so. RDM includes many elements such as licences, repositories, metadata, and more, and together allow upholding research integrity and reproducibility.