Webinar on the Gates Foundation’s updated Open Access Policy, effective January 1, 2025. This policy ensures unrestricted access and reuse of all peer-reviewed research funded by the foundation, expanding the reach and impact of vital research to improve the lives of the world’s most vulnerable populations. You will learn about their journey from the original 2015 policy to the latest updates.
Read more at https://openaccess.gatesfoundation.org/.
The slides are available at https://africarxiv.ubuntunet.net/handle/1/1589
Watch the recording of our latest Open Science webinar session with Ashley Farley from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to learn about their updated Open Access policy.
Speaker Profile
Ashley Farley
Ashley Farley is the Program Officer of Knowledge & Research Services at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. In this capacity she leads the foundation’s Open Access Policy’s implementation and associated initiatives. This includes leading the work of Gates Open Research, a transparent and revolutionary publishing platform. Much of her work advocates for knowledge to be a global good. She completed her Masters in Library and Information Sciences through the University of Washington’s Information School. She has a deep passion for open access, believing that freely accessible knowledge has the power to improve and save lives.
Questions that were addressed during the session
1. Can you outline the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation’s Open Access Policy and its key objectives? How does it aim to support global research dissemination?
2. What specific opportunities does the Foundation provide for African researchers to access funding and resources for open access publishing? Are there any regional initiatives or partnerships in place?
3. How does the Foundation ensure that research outcomes and data from projects in Africa are effectively disseminated and accessible to local communities and researchers?
4. Are there specific strategies or programs that African research institutions can engage with to enhance their capacity in open access publishing and data sharing?
5. In what ways does the Foundation collaborate with African research organizations and initiatives like AfricArXiv to promote open science and equitable access to research findings across the continent?
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About the webinar series
ORCID is the persistent identifier for researchers to share their accomplishments (research articles, data, etc with funding agencies, publishers, data repositories, and other research workflows.
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