Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 65.88
Liaison Isabel Savransky
Submission Date April 21, 2016
Executive Letter Download

STARS v2.0

Ontario Tech University
AC-11: Access to Research

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 2.00 / 2.00
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Total number of institutional divisions (e.g. schools, colleges, departments) that produce research:

Number of divisions covered by a policy assuring open access to research:

A brief description of the open access policy, including the date adopted and repository(ies) used:

NSERC and SSHRC researchers are required to make their publications freely available and accessible online at no cost within 12 months of publication. The policy is effective for all grants awarded from May 1, 2015 onward.

CIHR-funded researchers are required to deposit their data in an appropriate public database and make their peer-reviewed publications accessible at no cost within 12 months of publication.

Researchers can comply with open access requirements by depositing a copy of their research in the institutional repository, e-scholar.


A copy of the open access policy:
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The open access policy:

NSERC and SSHRC researchers are required to make their publications freely available and accessible online at no cost within 12 months of publication. The policy is effective for all grants awarded from May 1, 2015 onward.

CIHR-funded researchers are required to deposit their data in an appropriate public database and make their peer-reviewed publications accessible at no cost within 12 months of publication.

Researchers can comply with open access requirements by depositing a copy of their research in the institutional repository, e-scholar.

- Tri-Agency Open Access Policy
- CIHR Open Access Policy


The website URL where the open access repository is available:
A brief description of how the institution’s library(ies) support open access to research:

The Library supports open access by encouraging faculty to deposit the results of their research in the university's institutional repository, e-scholar.


The website URL where information about open access to the institution's research is available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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