Open Access for EU projects

With the programmes Horizon 2020 (2014-2020) and Horizon Europe (2021-2027), the European Union is one of the biggest research funders in the world. To ensure free access to project results the EU mandates Open Access for peer-reviewed scholarly publications. You can find short policy summaries here.

 Horizon 2020 (2014-2020) Horizon Europe (2021-2027)
Is there an Open Access (OA) mandate?
Peer reviewed scientific publications have to be made available Open Access in a repository (only if there are publications resulting from the project). This also applies to publications that are freely accessible already (e.g. in OA journals).
Which repositories are allowed?
repositories for scientific publications"trusted repositories" for scientific publications
Which versions are allowed?   
Published versions or final peer reviewed manuscripts accepted for publication (machine readable)
When does the upload have to take place?at the latest at the time of publication
When does the publication have to be available OA?
 
on publication, if an electronic version is available for free via the publisher; within 6 months of publication (12 months in the social sciences and humanities) in any other caseimmediately (at the latest at the time of publication)
Do contributions have to bear a licence?A licence is not required.    A licence is required. Creative Commons Attribution licences1) (CC BY) or licences with equivalent rights are allowed (this also applies to final peer reviewed manuscripts accepted for publication!). CC BY-NC or CC BY-ND are allowed for monographs and other long-text formats.
Which publication fees are eligible for reimbursement using EU project funds?OA publication fees for articles in Gold journals (fully OA journals) and hybrid journals (subscription journals with OA option) are eligible for reimbursement.2)OA publication fees for articles in Gold journals (fully OA journals) and other "full open access venues" are eligible for reimbursement.2)
Where can I find additional information?>> H2020 Annotated Model Grant Agreement (PDF) (as of 2019-06-26, Article 29, p. 249)    >> General Model Grant Agreement (PDF) (as of 2022-04-15, Article 17, p. 110)

 
1)
General information on CC licences is available here.

2) Funding for articles in hybrid journals (for both H2020 and HE) may be available from the University of Vienna (for details see "Funding requirements" of the publishing agreement in question). 

Additional informationen:
>> OpenAIRE info: How to comply with Horizon Europe mandate for publications
>> Webinar: Horizon Europe Open Science requirements in practice


National Helpdesk

The Vienna University Library houses the National Open Access Desk Austria (NOAD Austria; established as part of the OpenAIRE initiative) responsible for all questions surrounding Open Access mandates in EU projects. The EU OpenAIRE project series (currently OpenAIRE2020) supports the development of Open Access infrastructures for publications and research data in Europe.

Contact:

Mag. Gerda McNeill
T: 01-4277-16980, M: 0664-60277-16980
E: gerda.mcneill@univie.ac.at

Service E-Mail: openaireaustria@univie.ac.at