SNSF Open Science Policy
Overview
The Swiss National Science Foundation Open Science Policy is the set of open access and open data mandates applied by the SNSF, Switzerland’s primary public research funder, to all research it funds. The SNSF adopted an open research data policy in 2017, requiring data management plans for all funded projects and expecting that data be made openly available where possible under a FAIR-aligned deposit. Its open access to publications policy took effect in 2020, requiring immediate open access under a Creative Commons Attribution licence (CC BY) with no embargo. The SNSF joined cOAlition S as a Plan S signatory. Researchers are expected to deposit to established open repositories aligned with Swiss data protection requirements.
Connections
- memberOf: cOAlition S (SNSF is a Plan S signatory; open access mandate is Plan S compliant)
- relatedTo: FAIR Principles (SNSF open data mandate explicitly references FAIR principles as the standard for research data management)
- relatedTo: FDPIC (SNSF-funded research involving personal data is subject to Swiss Federal Data Protection Act enforcement by FDPIC)
- relatedTo: SPHN (SPHN health data infrastructure operates under SNSF-aligned open data norms)