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26/Mar/2020
Since April 2018, the SNSF has covered the costs of the immediate open-access publication of books. This makes researchers more visible and their research results easily reusable.
235 open-access books already funded: Continue
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24/Mar/2020
In response to the Covid-19 pandemic, swissuniversities, the Swiss National Science Foundation and the Consortium of Swiss Academic Libraries appeal to all publishing houses to make their publications freely accessible.
"Remove paywalls on scientific publications!": Continue
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19/Feb/2020
SNSF-funded researchers are obliged to make their data publicly accessible – provided there are no legal or ethical issues that stand in the way. A report now shows how researchers are implementing the guidelines.
Open research data: positive interim result after two years: Continue
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23/May/2019
Do Swiss researchers share their data with other researchers and with the public? And if not, why? Which data repositories and other channels do they use for data sharing? A large-scale survey by the SNSF and swissuniversities offers some answers.
75% of researchers make their data accessible: Continue
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08/May/2019
Swiss Biotech Report 2019: The SNSF is working towards a more open science which will also enable researchers to better support the evolving biotech sector.
Accessible knowledge for better medicine: Continue
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01/Feb/2019
Science Europe has published recommendations on research data management (RDM). As a member of Science Europe, the SNSF supports this initiative.
Science Europe publishes its recommendations for research data management: Continue
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10/Oct/2018
It has never been so easy to obtain grants for open access publications from the SNSF. Researchers can now apply for them on the mySNF online platform – even after the project has ended.
Making open access the new normal: Continue
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04/Sep/2018
European and national research funders are expected to commit all researchers to granting open access to their publications as of 2020. The SNSF supports this "Plan S", which was published in Brussels today. However, it is not in a position to add its signature to the plan at present.
Open access to publications: the SNSF supports Europe's Plan S: Continue
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31/Jul/2018
With 39% open access publications, Switzerland occupies the top spot for OA publishing. Globally, the share of research results published 'open access' is 30%.
Open access to scientific works: Switzerland has the top spot: Continue
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24/May/2018
The SNSF is further simplifying open access: it has become a member of Europe PMC, which maintains the world's largest repository for biomedicine.
Open access database: SNSF joins Europe PMC: Continue