Greenaissance? Zero-Embargo Funder Mandates and Green Open Access

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9-4-2026 1:10 PM

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9-4-2026 1:40 PM

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Recently, several funder-driven Open Access mandates, such as Plan S in Europe or the NIH Public Access Policy in the US, have indicated a desire to shift away from allocating funds for article processing charges (APCs) and have instead called for significantly reducing or eliminating embargo periods on accepted manuscripts (AMs) to make them a viable pathway to compliance for researchers.

This talk will address how these policies can significantly revitalize Green Open Access and open repositories, and will discuss strategies for researchers and librarians to use these new policy changes as an opportunity to share their research openly without the need to reserve funding for expensive APCs.

Author Bios

Josh Cromwell is the scholarly communications manager at The University of Southern Mississippi. He has worked with Aquila, the university’s institutional repository, since its launch in January 2012 and has been the administrator of Aquila since July 2013. In addition to his IR responsibilities, he is a member of the University Libraries Copyright Taskforce and he oversees the university’s Open Textbook Initiative. He is also the lead organizer of the Southern Miss Institutional Repository Conference.

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Greenaissance? Zero-Embargo Funder Mandates and Green Open Access

Recently, several funder-driven Open Access mandates, such as Plan S in Europe or the NIH Public Access Policy in the US, have indicated a desire to shift away from allocating funds for article processing charges (APCs) and have instead called for significantly reducing or eliminating embargo periods on accepted manuscripts (AMs) to make them a viable pathway to compliance for researchers.

This talk will address how these policies can significantly revitalize Green Open Access and open repositories, and will discuss strategies for researchers and librarians to use these new policy changes as an opportunity to share their research openly without the need to reserve funding for expensive APCs.