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Open access to research data

The Swedish Research Council is mandated to coordinate, follow up and promote collaboration in Sweden’s transition to open access to research data. This page contains information, guidance, and support for those working on this issue.

Open access to research data means that research data are published freely available on the internet

If these data can be used and reused with no conditions other than stating the source, they are defined as ‘open research data’. Far from all research data can be fully openly accessible. The assessment of openness shall be based on applicable legislation, and the principle of “as open as possible and as limited as necessary”.

Publications

Publikation
9 October 2025
Datahanteringsplaner som strategiskt stöd för säker hantering och öppen tillgång
Hur kan datahanteringsplaner användas mer strategiskt vid lärosätena för att nyttan med forskningsdata ska kunna maximeras med hjälp av god datahantering och öppen tillgång? Den frågan har Vetenskapsrådets arbetsgrupp för datahanteringsfrågor diskuterat under 2024-2025...
Publikation
20 August 2025
Öppen tillgång till forskningsdata – en kartläggning, analys och bedömning 2025
Vetenskapsrådet har i uppdrag att samordna, följa upp och främja samverkan i arbetet för öppen tillgång till forskningsdata. Varje år gör vi en kartläggning, analys och bedömning av läget i det nationella arbetet med öppen tillgång till forskningsdata...
Publication
24 March 2025
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...
Publication
6 December 2022
Guide to the template for data management plans
This is a guide and supplement to the data managemant plan template developed by the Swedish Research Council and the Association of Swedish Higher Education Institutions, SUHF...
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News

News
1 December 2025
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...
News
20 August 2025
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...
News
20 November 2024
Pär Weihed Appointed Investigator for the Swedish Research Council’s E-Infrastructure Assignment
The Swedish Research Council has been mandated by the Government to propose how Sweden’s e-infrastructure for research can be developed through coordination and organisational change...
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Contact

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MORE WITHIN THE SAME SUBJECT AREA

  1. Plan, manage and make research data available

    Article |

    Published 15 January 2026

    If you are awarded a grant from the Swedish Research Council, you must manage your research data in accordance with the FAIR principles and make the data available according to the principle of “as open as possible, as restricted as necessary”. You m...

    Keywords:

    Open science,

    Open access to data

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

    News |

    Published 1 December 2025

    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...

    Keywords:

    Open access,

    Open science,

    Open access to data

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

    News |

    Published 20 August 2025

    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 ...

    Keywords:

    Open access,

    Open access to data