Implementing the FP7 Post-Grant Open Access Pilot at Universidad Politécnica de MadridGuest post by Estefanía Muñoz, European R&D Programmes Coordinator. European Projects Office. Universidad Politécnica de Madrid.The Polytechnic University in Madrid/Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM) is the largest Spanish technological university. More than 2,400 researchers carry out their activity at the UPM, grouped in 204 Research Groups, 19 Research Centers or Institutes and 55 Laboratories. UPM ...

Implementing the FP7 Post-Grant Open Access Pilot at Radboud University/Radboud University Medical CentreGuest post by Dirk van Gorp, Open Access Officer and Research Information Specialist at Radboud University LibraryRadboud University/Radboud University Medical Center (Radboudumc) is one of the leading universities in the Netherlands. Our more than 5000 researchers produce a combined scientific output of almost 7000 publications per year. Radboud University has been at the forefront of the Op...

Implementing the FP7 Post-Grant Open Access Pilot at the University of MilanGuest post by Paola Galimberti, Responsible for Open Access & Scholarly Communication at Università degli Studi di MilanoThe University of Milan is a research-intensive multidisciplinary university. It’s currently the only member of LERU in Italy. The staff includes over 2000 researchers and professors and more than 1970 PhD-students and post-docs. Our researchers produce circa 8000 publications on a yearly basis – i...

A first webinar on the EC Gold Open Access Pilot was delivered to OpenAIRE National Open Access Desks (NOADs) on May 19th following the release of the Pilot policy guidelines on May 7th. The main aim of this dissemination activity was to provide an update on the current state of the Pilot to the OpenAIRE node institutions across the EU that will collaborate with LIBER in further disseminating the initiative in their respective countries.The webinar, which was hosted by EIFL, had 32 attendees fro...