List of research funders by preprint licensing policy

This is a list of funders of research by their open licensing policies for preprints. With the exception of some government employees and contractors, the majority of authors keep the copyright to their work. Many funders require their grantees to disseminate the work using licenses with specific reuse rights.^[1] Other details of funder open access policies can be found at the Registry of Open Access Repositories^[2] and the Open Policy Finder from JISC (formerly SHERPA).^[3]

Policies by funder

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

CC BY, NC and ND refer to the Creative Commons licenses and CC0 is a public domain dedication.

Funder	License for Preprints	Is the Preprint License Recommended or Required?	Notes	Source
Aligning Science Across Parkinson's	CC BY or CC0	Required		[4]
Astera Institute	CC BY or CC0	Required		[5]
European Molecular Biology Laboratory	CC BY	Required		[6]
Gates Foundation	CC BY	Required		[7]
Howard Hughes Medical Institute	None specified	N/A	Preprints are encouraged, CC BY licensed preprints can be used for policy compliance if never published as a peer-reviewed article. In this case only, NC, ND modifiers are not permitted.	[8]
Michael J. Fox Foundation	None specified	N/A	Policy does require free readership rights on preprints	[9]
Simons Foundation	Open Access licenses (generally)	Required		[10]
Templeton World Charity	CC BY	Strongly encouraged		[11]
Wellcome Trust	CC BY	Strongly encouraged	Required if preprint is used for policy compliance.	[12]

Exceptions for government employees and contractors

In some countries, work performed by government employees or contractors is owned by the government and subject to their licensing stipulations. For example, in the US, work performed by government employees, such as employees of the NIH^[13] is deemed Public Domain in the US, and the US government holds copyright elsewhere.^[14] Government licensing policies may override funder requirements.

See also

• List of academic publishers by preprint policy