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so you're saying this doesn't change anything with regards to fees, how will it then lead to a decrease in grants?
by ImPostingOnHN 4y ago
so you're saying this doesn't change anything with regards to fees, how will it then lead to a decrease in grants?
- sgent 4y agoCurrently government funded research is either open access (and pays the fee) or is closed access for 1 year then becomes open (and is not subject to fees). Now all government research will have to pay open access fees, and the new guidance allows them to request additional funding for open access fees. Currently the government ranks all grant applications, and funds everyone until it runs out of money. Under the new system it will run out of money sooner -- especially for smaller grant programs for early career grad students and undergrads.
- ImPostingOnHN 4y agoah, gotcha, you're saying that the fees that publishers charge will eat into the funding for the science itself that makes sense, they should charge less, or none, and we should fund more