Witness the birth of the Federal Research Public Access Act:<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Federal Research Public Access Act will encourage broader collaboration among scholars in the scientific community by permitting widespread dissemination of research findings. \u00a0Promoting greater collaboration will inevitably lead to more innovative research outcomes and more effective solutions in the fields of biomedicine, energy, education, quantum information theory and health care.\u201d<\/p>\n
[Correction: it didn’t really mention quantum information theory—SF.]<\/h6>\n<\/blockquote>\n
You can read the full text of FRPAA here.
\nThe bill states that any federal agency which budgets more than $100 million per year for funding external research must make that research available in a public online repository for free download now later than 6 months after the research has been published in a peer-reviewed journal.
\nThis looks to me like a big step in the right direction for open science. Of course, it’s still just a bill<\/a>, and needs to successfully navigate the Straights of the Republican-controlled House, through the\u00a0Labyrinth of Committees and the Forest of\u00a0Filibuster, and run the Gauntlet of Presidential Vetos. How can you help it survive this harrowing journey?\u00a0Write your senators<\/a>\u00a0and your congresscritter<\/a>\u00a0today, and tell them that you support FRPAA and open science!
\nHat tip to Robin Blume-Kohout.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Witness the birth of the Federal Research Public Access Act: \u201cThe Federal Research Public Access Act will encourage broader collaboration among scholars in the scientific community by permitting widespread dissemination of research findings. \u00a0Promoting greater collaboration will inevitably lead to more innovative research outcomes and more effective solutions in the fields of biomedicine, energy, education, … <\/p>\n