Open-Up Public Science!

The Obama Administration is committed to the proposition that citizens deserve easy access to the results of scientific research their tax dollars have paid for. That’s why, in a policy memorandum released today, OSTP Director John Holdren has directed Federal agencies with more than $100M in R&D expenditures to develop plans to make the published results of federally funded research freely available to the public within one year of publication and requiring researchers to better account for and manage the digital data resulting from federally funded scientific research.

The suicide of the American online activist Aaron Swartz has ignited a debate about the cost of academic journals and access to information (ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Jack Andraka enjoys mountain biking, whitewater rafting, kayaking, and science. According to his Facebook page, he’s a fan of Beavis and Butthead, Family Guy and The Simpsons. He says he invented his sensitive and cheap cancer test thanks to informations he could get through Google and Open Access Journals.

"No student should be denied access to the research they need."