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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoPlainText>Dear All,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Helmholtz Association – Germany’s biggest research organization - today announced its new open access policy.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>The Policy <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>- addresses journal articles, monographs and research data,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>- is in line with the open access policy of Horizon 2020,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>- it does not favour any particular road to open access.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Press release:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=DE><a href="https://www.helmholtz.de/en/about_us/press_releases/artikel/artikeldetail/helmholtz_gemeinschaft_verabschiedet_open_access_richtlinie/"><span lang=EN-GB>https://www.helmholtz.de/en/about_us/press_releases/artikel/artikeldetail/helmholtz_gemeinschaft_verabschiedet_open_access_richtlinie/</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Policy text:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><a href="http://oa.helmholtz.de/open-science-in-der-helmholtz-gemeinschaft/open-access-richtlinien/open-access-richtlinie-der-helmholtz-gemeinschaft-2016/open-access-policy-of-the-helmholtz-association-2016.html">http://oa.helmholtz.de/open-science-in-der-helmholtz-gemeinschaft/open-access-richtlinien/open-access-richtlinie-der-helmholtz-gemeinschaft-2016/open-access-policy-of-the-helmholtz-association-2016.html</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>More information:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=DE><a href="http://oa.helmholtz.de/open-science-in-der-helmholtz-gemeinschaft/open-access-richtlinien/open-access-policies.html"><span lang=EN-GB>http://oa.helmholtz.de/open-science-in-der-helmholtz-gemeinschaft/open-access-richtlinien/open-access-policies.html</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Christoph<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:dotted windowtext 3.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal style='border:none;padding:0cm'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:DE'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:DE'>Christoph Bruch<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:DE'>Helmholtz Association<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:DE'>Helmholtz Open Science Coordination Office<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:DE'>http://oa.helmholtz.de<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:DE'>W: +49 (0)331 28 82 87 61<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:DE'>M: +49 (0)151 14 09 39 68<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre></div></body></html>