NHMRC revises its policy on the dissemination of research findings

In January we reported that the United States House of Representatives is currently debating a new bill, the Research Works Act. If enacted, this bill will benefit publishers by putting significant limits on freely sharing US scientific research. The good news in Australia is that the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) has announced that from July, publications from research funded by the NHMRC are to be placed in the public domain (open access), for the benefit of researchers and taxpayers. Find out more about NHMRC's position on The Conversation.