The Swedish Research Council's recommendations for research data: FAIR and open access

The Swedish Research Council's recommendations describe the initiatives needed to achieve a full transition to open access to FAIR research data.

The report gathers together the Swedish Research Council's recommendations on:

  • open access to research data
  • marking and licences when making research data openly accessible
  • criteria for FAIR data management
  • data management plans

The recommendations are primarily aimed at the managements of research performing bodies and research funding bodies. They can also be used by other actors to increase the understanding and knowledge of what the transition to open access to research data entails, and how it is achieved.

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  1. More precise requirements for how data should be handled in research projects

    In 2026, we will update our general grant conditions with more explicit criteria for data management according to FAIR principles and for open access to research data. The aim is to contribute to the transition to open science and enhance the utilisa...

  2. Strengthened national capacity – the key to secure and open research data

    There is a need to map how research data management is currently funded in Sweden and to analyse how it should be funded in the future. This is stated in this year's report from the Swedish Research Council on national efforts to promote open access ...

  3. Swedish List discontinued

    Since 2019, the Swedish Research Council has complied the annual Swedish List, a register of peer-reviewed journals in Swepub – the database for scientific publications at Swedish higher education institutions. As from this year, we are discontinuing...