Wellcome Trust announces Open Access plans

20 May 2005

The Trust has announced that from 1 October 2005, all papers from new research projects must be deposited in the US-based PubMed Central or the upcoming UK PubMed Central within six months of publication.

The move comes as part of a Trust drive to push forward open access publication of scientific literature, making findings freely available to those who want to see them.

We have also announced that from 1 October 2006, all existing grant holders must deposit any future papers produced from Trust funding into PubMed Central or UK PubMed Central.

Last week, a group of UK-based funding organisations, including the Trust, called for organisations interested in operating a UK PubMed Central to step forward.

See also

• Wellcome Trust announces open access plans (Press release: 19 May 2005)
• Science funders invite applications to run UK PubMed Central (Press release: 12 May 2005)
• Read all about it: Opening up the open access debate (Feature story)