Requirements ORD
Requirements of the SNSF
Data management plans (DMP)
Many research funders require a DMP according to their specifications when submitting projects. Since April 2023, the SNSF only requires DMPs once the project proposal has been approved. Note, however, that you would have to apply for additional financial resources for data management in the application when submitting the proposal.
Open Research Data
The SNSF requires that research data arising from a research project be archived and made available to other researchers, provided that there are no legal, ethical or copyright reasons, confidentiality clauses or similar that prevent this.
FAIR repositories
The SNSF expects researchers to share their data according to the FAIR principles on publicly accessible, digital repositories. It is important to note that the FAIR principles do not require researchers to share all their data without any restrictions.
the SNSF's explanation of the FAIR Data Principles
SNSF examples of FAIR repositories
Checklist to identify repositories complying with the FAIR Data Principles
Researchers should check if the repository is compatible with the FAIR Data Principles. The answer to each of the questions below must be "yes" .
- Are datasets (or ideally single files in a dataset) given globally unique and persistent identifiers (e.g. DOI)?
- Does the repository allow the upload of intrinsic (e.g. author's name, content of dataset, associated publication, etc.) and submitter-defined (e.g. definition of variable names, etc.) metadata?
- Is it clear under which licence (e.g. CC0, CC BY, etc.) the data will be available, or can the user upload/choose a licence?
- Are the citation information and metadata always (even in the case of datasets with restricted access) publicly accessible?
- Does the repository provide a submission form requesting intrinsic metadata in a specific format (to ensure machine readability/interoperability)?
- Does the repository have a long-term preservation plan for the archived data?
As a researcher at UZH, you own copyright of your data and not the University of Zurich.
This is regulated in the "Personalverordnung" (§ 65) of UZH.
Horizon Europe
Horizon Europe is the EU's framework program to promote research and innovation and it is the successor to the Horizon 2020 program. It obliges its researchers to ensure open access to their publications. Since April 2025 Switzerland has the status of an associated member with regard to "Horizon Europe".
Information by SERI on Switzerland's participation in the Horizon package