The Global Research Council is a
virtual organization through which the heads of national
science funding
Research funding is a term generally covering any funding for scientific research, in the areas of natural science, technology, and social science. Different methods can be used to disburse funding, but the term often connotes funding obtained thr ...
agencies from several countries meet to discuss cooperation, review practices, and promote research on, and directions for, scientific funding worldwide.
During its Second Annual Global Meeting in May 2013, the council endorsed an
Action Plan towards Open Access to Publications' based on the principles of public results for public spending, researcher awareness and education, and support through a policy of
open access publishing
Open access (OA) is a set of principles and a range of practices through which research outputs are distributed online, free of access charges or other barriers. With open access strictly defined (according to the 2001 definition), or libre op ...
.
References
External links
Global Research Council website
International research institutes
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