Latest News from SPARC
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Wednesday, December 17, 2025
North American Diamond Knowledge Exchange Group
Open AccessThe North American Diamond Knowledge Exchange Group brings together organizations collaborating to create a space to learn and to share intersecting aspects of Diamond Open Access in North America—from infrastructure to institutional needs.
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Tuesday, December 16, 2025
Protecting Research Infrastructure Through Stable Indirect Cost Policy
Open AccessFederal proposals to cap indirect cost rates threaten the research infrastructure that makes public access to scholarship possible. SPARC is working with Congress, agencies and our community to ensure any changes to indirect cost policy are developed collaboratively and implemented with adequate...
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Tuesday, November 4, 2025
Guide for Authors Complying with U.S. Federal Agency Public Access and Publisher Policies
Open AccessThis resource provides researchers with guidance and options at different points in the research lifecycle that they might consider as they are navigating federal agency public access requirements and publisher policies.
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Monday, October 20, 2025
Reasserting Community Control Over Who Owns Our Knowledge
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Wednesday, July 9, 2025
SPARC Responds to Senate’s “Ten Times Faster” Science Initiative
Open AccessThe American Science Acceleration Project (ASAP) issued a Request for Information (RFI) seeking recommendations on mechanisms to help achieve ASAP’s main objectives. SPARC's full response to the RFI, including detailed appendices addressing each pillar, is available here.
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