The document discusses recent UK funder policies that emphasize open access and reproducibility in computational research. Two influential reports in 2012 addressed improving access to published research findings. In response, the Research Councils UK implemented new open access and data policies starting in 2013. These policies require publicly sharing research publications and data, with exceptions for legal or commercial reasons. The policies aim to make publicly funded research outputs openly available and reusable. Assessment of research is expanding to include software and datasets as valid research outputs.

1. ICERM
Workshop
on
Reproducibility
in
Computational
and
Experimental
Mathematics
December
10-­‐14,
2012
–
Neil
Chue
Hong
–
N.ChueHong@software.ac.uk
-­‐
@npch
UK
Funder
Policy
–
the
results
of
the
Academic
Spring?
The
“Academic
Spring”
–
2012
an
interesting
year
Two
influential
reports
• Science
as
an
Open
Enterprise:
http://royalsociety.org/policy/projects/science-­‐public-­‐
enterprise/report/http://royalsociety.org/policy/projects/science-­‐public-­‐enterprise/report/
• Report
of
the
Working
Group
on
Expanding
Access
to
Published
Research
Findings:
http://www.researchinfonet.org/publish/finch/
RCUK
Open
Access
Policy
• enforced
from
1st
April
2013
• http://www.rcuk.ac.uk/research/Pages/outputs.aspxhttp://www.rcuk.ac.uk/documents/docum
ents/RCUK
_Policy_on_Access_to_Research_Outputs.pdf
• Through
publishers
website
immediately
at
time
of
publication
• Through
deposit
of
a
preprint
version
after
peer
review
in
an
online
repository
• Peer
reviewed
papers
in
receipt
of
RCUK
funding
must:
include
details
of
the
funding
that
supported
the
research,
and
a
statement
on
how
the
underlying
research
materials
–
such
as
data,
samples
or
models
–
can
be
accessed
RCUK
Data
Policy
• http://www.rcuk.ac.uk/research/Pages/DataPolicy.aspx
• EPSRC
Data
Policy
o Align
with
principles
by
1st
May
2012,
Implemented
by
1st
May
2015.
o http://www.epsrc.ac.uk/about/standards/researchdata/Pages/default.aspx
• EPSRC-­funded
research
data
is
a
public
good
produced
in
the
public
interest
and
should
be
made
freely
and
openly
available
with
as
few
restrictions
as
possible
in
a
timely
and
responsible
manner.
• Exceptions
due
to
legal,
ethical
or
commercial
constraints.
• Embargo
period
allowed.
• Acknowledge
sources
of
data
to
recognise
generation,
preservation
and
sharing.
• Sufficient
metadata:
Understand
reuse
potential
and
how
to
access.
• Expectations
that
institutions
will
preserve
for
a
minimum
of
10
years
after
embargo
period
• Can
use
public
funding
to
do
this
Assessing
Research
Outcomes
• Research
Outcomes
Systems:
-­‐
every
research
grant
holder
must
provide
data
o Other
Research
Output-­‐>Electronic
Outputs-­‐>Dataset/Software/Computer
Model
• REF2014
o Software
is
an
acceptable
output
in
all
panels
–
but
how
do
you
assess
its
research
content?