Hearing4all is characterized by top-level university research at the three participating universities with a high degree of interdisciplinarity and internationality. The basis for this research is direct and free access to scientific information. Therefore, Hearing4all advocates and supports the demand for open access to scientific knowledge as laid down in the Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities of October 2003. In this way, Hearing4all is helping to ensure that research results are available for the greatest possible benefit to science, industry and society. Open Access increases the visibility of scientific or scholarly work as well as scientific publications.

Open-Access-Policy of the Cluster of Excellence “Hearing4all”

This guideline and the principles formulated in it refer in particular to the DFG (German Research Foundation) “Guidelines for Safeguarding Good Research Practice, the Alliance of German Science Organizations “Principles for the Handling of Research Data and to the DFG (German Research Foundation) Guidelines on the Handling of Research Data. It is guided by the “FAIR-Principles” and takes into account legal and ethical requirements as well as national and international copyright issues.

Research Data Policy of the Cluster of Excellence “Hearing4all”