Latest News from SPARC
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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, December 2, 2025
Authors Alliance and SPARC Release Third “Legal Pathways to Open Access” White Paper on Federal Grants and Institutional IP Policies
Open AccessAuthors Alliance and SPARC have released a new white paper exploring how institutions can navigate unresolved copyright questions.
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Friday, November 14, 2025
International Open Access Week 2025 Highlights from Discussion on Theme: “Who Owns Our Knowledge?”
Open AccessInternational Open Access Week 2025 sparked global conversations and collaborations around reclaiming community control of scholarly knowledge and infrastructure, highlighting growing momentum for sustainable, non-commercial open access models.
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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
Open AccessInternational Open Access Week 2025 brings together global conversations and events exploring how communities can reclaim control over scholarly knowledge, research infrastructure, and open access in an era of commercialization and AI-driven change.
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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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Wednesday, July 9, 2025
The American Science Acceleration Project (ASAP)
Open AccessThe sponsors of the American Science Acceleration Project (ASAP), a bipartisan Senate initiative that aims to make American science "ten times faster" by 2030, issued a Request for Information (RFI) seeking recommendations on mechanisms to help achieve ASAP’s main objectives. SPARC's full response...
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