Many funding agencies, especially public ones, have adopted policies requiring open access dissemination of the research results they fund to encourage greater use of publicly-funded work and increase the impact of both the work and its authors.
| Federal |
''The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) ("the Agencies") are federal granting agencies that promote and support research, research training and innovation within Canada. As publicly funded organizations, the Agencies have a fundamental interest in promoting the availability of findings that result from the research they fund, including research publications and data, to the widest possible audience, and at the earliest possible opportunity.''
| Provincial |
''The mission of the Fonds de recherche du Québec [...] is to promote and provide financial support for research, researcher training and knowledge dissemination. As administrators of public funds, the FRQ are committed to ensuring the proper use of resources allocated for this purpose. Open access to scientific results encourages sharing with the scientific community, but also with all other communities that could benefit from the discoveries.''
