Guidance Note on Open Access

DFID funded research is publicly funded and essentially constitutes a global public good. DFID recognises the immense benefits that scientific and social science knowledge can have in addressing poverty, and expects the research it funds to benefit researchers, policy makers and others globally, but in particular in developing countries. DFID recognises that Southern researchers, governments and civil society need better access to global public goods research to enable them to build upon and use this knowledge. DFID therefore supports Open Access as a core component of its research commitment to ensure that research knowledge can be accessed, built upon and used in support of the DFID Research Strategy results. objectives