Open Science Program I (2021-2024): Part A - Open Access. Implementation Plan

Abstract

Taken from the Introducion: "The Open Science Program2 ensures continuity in the financing 2021-2024 of the OA Action Plan3 already in force and adopted by swissuniversities on February 8, 2018. It therefore establishes the framework conditions to ensure synergies, economies of scale and collaborations needed among Swiss higher education institutions and their partners in this Open Access endeavor for the Part A (2021-2024), with a preference for embargo-free OA models. It will be completed in 2022 by the integration of a National Open Research Data Action Plan for the Part B (2022-2024). Based on those reference documents, this Implementation Plan includes all the necessary information for the target audience in order to submit proposals to the Open Science Program. This will allow them to get financial support for their projects along the action lines defined in the document (and originating in the Open Access Action Plan). Proposers are invited to discuss and share their proposal ideas either with the OA coordinator or within the SOSNet Platform (openscience-ch.slack.com) in advance in order to reduce duplication of efforts as much as possible." Comment: Books are not addressed separately in this strategy. In the paragraphs where a statement about OA books would be expected, for example in a section on alternative forms of publication, only journal papers are mentioned.