Harvard response to White House RFI on public access policies

"I endorse the view that every federal agency funding non-classified research should require free online access (”public access”) to the peer-reviewed results of that research as soon as possible after its publication. There are three simple yet powerful reasons to take such a step. First, taxpayers deserve access to the results of taxpayer-funded research. Second, public access makes research as visible and useful as it can be, maximizing the return on the public’s enormous investment in the research. Third, public access accelerates research and all the benefits that depend on research, from public health to economic development."

Steven E. Hyman

Provost