Research Guides: Open Access: OA Policies, Perspectives, and Mandates

Dozens of funders, private and federal, require some public access mechanism to the funded work. SPARC has a compilation of Federal Agencies' article public access policies. Other funders, such as the Moore Foundation and the Gates Foundation have their own policies that may align with larger efforts, like Plan S.

SHERPA/JULIET Open Access Policy Database
This searchable database provides information about the open access publishing and archiving policies of many key funding agencies.
Engineering and Applied Science Societies OA Policies
A list of Open Access policies from engineering and applied science societies. This spreadsheet is best viewed via the Google Drive link in the OSF project space.
World Bank Open Access Policy
The World Bank recognizes an open access policy for its published documents and reports.
Modern Language Association Statement on Public Access to Federally Funded Research
The MLA is working with members to develop a set of new professional practices and standards for open, publicly accessible communication – new modes of editing, new forms of peer review – and are committed to the idea that the role of the society in the years ahead will be to support those new practices.
Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities
The Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities of 22 October 2003 is one of the milestones of the Open Access movement.
Budapest Open Access Initiative
This 2001 initiative launched by the Open Society Institute established a foundation of open access principles relating to research literature.