That surprising conclusion is the top recommendation in a report out [Tuesday] by a National Academies committee that Congress asked to examine the current regulatory jungle confronting universities that
receive federal research dollars,» Mervis wrote that day at ScienceInsider.
Not exact matches
The agencies together
receive about US$ 60 billion in
federal research dollars each year, with about half going to the NIH, so the number of papers available annually could double under the proposal, says Heather Joseph, another petition leader and executive director of the pro-open access Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition, based in Washington DC.
DOD accounted for 12.3 % of the $ 40.1 billion in
federal research dollars universities
received in 2012, up from about 8 % a decade ago.
Universities
receive some 10 % of their
federal research dollars from the Department of Defense (DOD).