cOAlition S

cOAlition S is an initiative created by a group of national research funding organisations, with the support of the European Commission and the European Research Council (ERC) to make full and immediate Open Access to research publications a reality. It is built around Plan S, which consists of one target and 10 principles. The initiative was born from the cooperation between the Heads of the participating Research Funding Organisations, Marc Schiltz the President of Science Europe, and Robert-Jan Smits, previously the Open Access Envoy of the European Commission. It also drew on significant input from the Scientific Council of the ERC.