Open research ensures that the outcomes of academic research are freely accessible to everyone, as early as possible. It encourages collaboration, openness, and trust in the research process.
To support this, Cambridge has created a set of open research policies and frameworks. These help researchers, both staff and students, use open practices throughout their projects. The goal is to make research outputs 'as open as possible, as closed as necessary'.
Key Open Research Policies
- Open Research Position Statement
- Research Data Management Policy Framework
- Open Access Publication Policy Framework
- Self-Archiving Policy
Policies Relevant to Open Research
These explain how research is stored and shared in the University’s repository, how long it’s kept, who can use it, and how copyright issues can be handled.
Learn how export control regulations may affect how research can be shared openly.