Technology Agency of the Czech Republic (TA CR) ****************************************************************************************** * ****************************************************************************************** ****************************************************************************************** * KAPPA Programme ****************************************************************************************** CZ RESEARCH Program EEA and Norway Funds 2014-2021 Beneficiaries in the KAPPA programme are required to ensure open access to all the J-type i.e., peer-reviewed scientific articles, and to all underlying data related to such public Research data should be managed responsibly, in line with the FAIR [ URL "https://openscie OSCIEN-50.html#7"]  principles (findable, accessible, interoperable, reusable), and should available in line with the principle “as open as possible, as closed as necessary”. Benefi further required to submit a Data Management Plan within the first six months of the proje describe what data will be created, processed and / or collected.  You can find more detailed information about the requirements along with a guide how to fu the TA CR website [ URL "https://www.tacr.cz/en/open-access-in-the-kappa-programme/"] .  ****************************************************************************************** * SIGMA Programme ****************************************************************************************** The Technology Agency of the Czech Republic (TA CR) has long supported open access to scie information. In the new Programme Sigma [ URL "https://www.tacr.cz/en/sigma-programme/"] , requirements regarding both open access to research outputs / results and research data ma TIP: You can find detailed information on the requirements and how to comply research results [ URL "https://www.tacr.cz/wp-content/uploads/documents/2022 %20%C4%8D.%203%20%E2%80%93%20Otev%C5%99en%C3%BD%20p%C5%99%C3%ADstup%20k%20v%C %C5%AFm.pdf"] (for sub-objective 3), and in the updated version Research data [ URL "https://www.tacr.cz/wp-content/uploads/documents/2023/02/06/1675692068 %C5%99en%C3%BD%20p%C5%99%C3%ADstup%20k%20v%C3%BDstup%C5%AFm%20-%20v%C3%BDsled (both documents are in Czech only). ****************************************************************************************** * Open access to research outputs ****************************************************************************************** Beneficiaries are required to enable open access to all J-type and N-type project outputs research data that are necessary to verify the outputs / results published in open access. done in the following way:  1.Store a machine-readable copy of the final text of the output / result (i.e., the publis the author accepted manuscript) and supporting research data in a repository. 2.Enable open access to the text of the output / result and the supporting research data, of an appropriate license, by publishing these in a repository or publishing in an open Open access must be provided within 6 months (12 months for social sciences and humaniti publication or the completion of the output / result, by the end of the project at the l Research data are to be shared according to the principle “as open as possible, as closed Beneficiaries do not need to share data in cases where their sharing could infringe on: • Intellectual property rights  • The right to privacy and personal data protection  • The right to protection of trade secrets, state security, or other legitimate interests beneficiary (e.g., in the event of commercial use)  If access to the supporting research data is not provided or is restricted, the beneficiar justify this in the data management plan and at least metadata must be published.   PLEASE NOTE: In order to fulfil these conditions, the research output / res in a repository, even if you have arranged open access through the publishe openscience.cuni.cz/OSCIEN-10.html#4"] ). TA CR does not specify what type of license or type of access the beneficiaries should use it recommends that beneficiaries do not transfer copyright to outputs / results to publish grant a non-exclusive license necessary for publication. The use of Creative Commons [ URL creativecommons.org/licenses/"] licenses is highly recommended.  The research output / result and research data need to be assigned a persistent identifier handle). Persistent identifiers are typically assigned by a publisher (in the case of publ by a repository (in the case of research data), so when choosing a suitable repository, ma assigns a persistent identifier to your data.  TIP: Costs associated with open access publishing and research data managemen of the project. ****************************************************************************************** * Research data management  ****************************************************************************************** The project proposal needs to include a description of how research data will be managed, information on the plans for sharing the research outputs / results and supporting researc Beneficiaries should ensure that research data are managed in accordance with FAIR [ URL " openscience.cuni.cz/OSCIEN-50.html#7"] principles (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Re Furthermore, beneficiaries are obliged to prepare a data management plan [ URL "https:// openscience.cuni.cz/OSCIEN-49.html"] for their data and submit the plan along with the fir report. The data management plan should be updated regularly and should include the follow • What data will be collected, generated or analysed? • What methods and principles of data management will be used with respect to the FAIR pri • How the data will be published and shared? • How the data will be stored during the project and how they will be preserved after the project? To create a data management plan, beneficiaries can choose between the TA CR template, or template for the Horizon Europe programme. Both of these templates are provided on the Sig website among the downloadable documents for sub-objective 3 [ URL "https://www.tacr.cz/so sigma/verejna-soutez-dilci-cil-3-podpora-inovacniho-potencialu-spolecenskych-ved-humanitni shuv/"] and sub-objective 2 [ URL "https://www.tacr.cz/soutez/nezarazeno/druha-verejna-sou zacinajici-vyzkumnici-vyzkumnice-a-vyrovnavani-prilezitosti-v-projektech-aplikovaneho-vyzk only).  PLEASE NOTE: The first version of the data management plan must be submitte An updated plan must be submitted as part of further interim and final repo