Science|Business
Policy Analysis: Investment, IP, Policy
Published: 19 July 2012
Horizon 2020 research articles to be accessible for free

Peter Koekoek, Science|Business

Scientific articles based on Horizon 2020 funded research must be made available for free, says the Commssion. But there will be an exception for commercially sensitive raw data


EU Digital Agenda Commissioner Neelie Kroes. Image: EC

All the scientific results of research funded by Horizon 2020, the EU’s new €80 billion research strategy must available free, announced Digital Agenda Commissioner Neelie Kroes, unveiling a new open access strategy on Tuesday (17 July). In what she said is “big news” for any start-up or small company that can’t afford scientific journals,” Kroes claimed, “This could help those businesses get their ideas to market two years earlier.”

Both Kroes and EU Research Commissioner Maire Geoghegan-Quinn...

This page requires a Science|Business Network Membership

This page is available to Science|Business Network Members only. If you are already a member then please log in (above).

Note if you are only registered to receive our Bulletin, or have previously purchased an item from our store, this does not give you access to the full benefits of the site. Join Now and plug into the Science|Business Network to get full access to all our news, events and business opportunities.

Science|Business is the first independent media company that brings together researchers, investors and policy makers in the European innovation community. It does so with a top-quality team and unique network of Europe's leading scientific institutions, corporations, policy makers and IP and VC specialists.

Be where innovation begins – become a member. Click here to learn more.



Related subjects: Open access, Horizon 2020

Advertisement