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Australia's ARC expects OA for ARC-funded projects The Australian Research Council (ARC) has published the Funding Rules for funding commencing in 2008 (undated but apparently released December 3, 2006). (Thanks to Colin Steele.) Excerpt:
Comment. Kudos to the ARC for this important step. The policy doesn't use the language of a mandate, but it takes an approach that may be functionally equivalent: beyond requesting compliance, it shifts the burden to non-complying grantees to justify their non-compliance. This creates a strategic consideration that is not a sanction but more consequential than anything to be found in some of the policies that use mandatory language. |