{"id":5299,"date":"2025-07-16T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-16T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asapbio.org\/?p=5299"},"modified":"2025-07-16T16:50:15","modified_gmt":"2025-07-16T16:50:15","slug":"announcing-the-preprint-policy-framework-for-research-funders-and-research-performing-organizations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asapbio.org\/announcing-the-preprint-policy-framework-for-research-funders-and-research-performing-organizations\/","title":{"rendered":"Announcing the Preprint Policy Framework for Research Funders and Research Performing Organizations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

ASAPbio and Creative Commons are pleased to announce the launch of the Preprint Policy Framework for research funders and research performing organizations. The framework consists of six components that align funder and organizational policies to promote open, reusable, timely, and rigorous research communication.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The framework was crafted out of collaboration between Creative Commons, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, and participating funders and research organizations. Creative Commons is working to increase adoption of openly licensed (CC-BY) preprints to bolster a \u201crobust open access ecosystem<\/a>.\u201d ASAPbio joins the project in furtherance of our vision of \u201ca life sciences communication ecosystem where all papers are shared rapidly and without restrictions on access or reuse.\u201d ASAPbio will host the framework and seek to promote its further development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Gates Foundation<\/a> and Aligning Science Across Parkinson\u2019s<\/a> identify this framework as a model framework. A total of nine research funders and organizations\u2014including the Astera Institute<\/a>, the European Molecular Biology Laboratory<\/a>, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute<\/a>, the Michael J. Fox Foundation<\/a>, the Simons Foundation<\/a>, the Templeton World Charity Foundation<\/a>, and the Wellcome Trust<\/a>\u2014 have signaled their alignment across various components of the framework. The framework<\/a> page provides information on the policy alignment of these nine funders and organizations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A majority of these funders and organizations require or strongly recommend sharing research via preprints and that researchers do so via an open (CC-BY) license. Additionally, many of the funders require or strongly recommend that researchers include an availability statement disclosing where research outputs like data, code, software, protocols, and key materials can be accessed or are deposited. Some funders also require that these key outputs be made openly available. Requiring a funder acknowledgment is nearly universal, and funders are also increasingly requiring preprints to be posted before or by the time of submission to a journal. However, funder policies sometimes do not specify whether authors must retain their copyright, highlighting an area where future improvements could be realized.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The framework highlights that openly licensed preprints can form the basis of a strong open science policy for funders and research performing organizations. Organizations that are considering adopting this framework are encouraged to reach out for a supportive consultation. The framework has wide reaching applicability, and we at ASAPbio are eager to see its broader uptake in the coming days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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