[GOAL] Australian Research Council rejects grant applications for mentioning preprints

[Danny Kingsley]

Hi all, (sorry if you get this by more than one means, I’m pretty cross)

The Australian Research Council - one of only two in Australia - has just rejected a whole heap of grant applications because they mentioned preprints. Not necessarily cited them, just *mentioned* them.

There was an outcry yesterday, to which the ARC has responded that it was in the eligibility criteria, so it’s only fair they reject the applications that dared to mention preprints https://t.co/kI6xG7NL2Z?amp=1 <https://t.co/kI6xG7NL2Z?amp=1> 

I’d argue the problem is not that it was in the criteria - it’s that the criteria were appropriate if but were 2016. 

I’ve had a rant on Twitter linking to multiple instances dating from 2017 of funders in the real world allowing citation of preprints https://twitter.com/dannykay68/status/1428490302998810628 <https://twitter.com/dannykay68/status/1428490302998810628>

But my main point is that no-one here noticed this was a problem until now…

Greetings from the land of tumbleweeds….

Danny

Dr Danny Kingsley
Scholarly Communication Consultant
Visiting Fellow, Australian National Centre for the Public Awareness of Science, ANU
Member, Board of Directors, FORCE11
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