Funding agencies around the world are mandating open access to research funded by them. Even in India Minister of Science and Technology Mr Kapil Sibal has announced that the Wellcome-DBT Fellows must necessarily make thir research publications open access. [By the way, the Wellcome Trust wouldn't part with a penny, if this condition is not accepted.] One is at a loss to know what holds us from making it mandatory for all research publications resulting from government-supported research, and not just those written by the Wellcome-DBT Fellows, to be made open access. What is holding us back? Subbiah Arunachalam == Subject: Canada's 4th Green Open Access Mandate, Planet's 55th National Cancer Institute of Canada (CANADA* funder-mandate) Institution's/Department's OA Eprint Archives Institution's/Department's OA Self-Archiving Policy Effective July 2009, all researchers supported in whole or in part through the NCIC are required to make their published results of NCIC supported work publicly available. Researchers are encouraged to make their work publicly available as soon as possible, but must do so no later than six months after the final publication date. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.