Gates Foundation Goes Open Access

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is a major player in health-related research. We’re very pleased to learn that the Gates Foundation is now requiring its grantees to publish their work in immediately available (aka Gold) open access journals. This policy doesn’t go into force until January 2017 but between then and now, Gates Foundation grantees  are expected to publish in hybrid (partial) open access journals that make their content freely available 12 months after publication. Way to go, Gates Foundation!