On May 14, 2026, ASAPbio was joined by members of the Creative Commons team: Taylor Campbell, Senior Manager, Open Data Policy and Governance, and Monica Granados, Director of Open Science, to discuss the Preprint Policy Framework. The Preprint Policy Framework is an initiative launched last year by Creative Commons and ASAPbio, who collaborated with several research funders to align preprint policies and create a standard Framework. The result of this work is the Preprint Policy Framework, which “consists of six components that align funder and organizational policies to promote open, reusable, timely, and rigorous research communication.”
The Call was started by Taylor, who discussed the importance of open research practices, open licenses, Creative Commons work, and their collaboration with ASAPbio on the Preprint Policy Framework. Then Taylor introduced the Preprint Policy Framework and its components. She also walked the participants through the current list of funders that aligned with the framework (their information is listed on the ASAPbio website). She underscored that the Framework is not a list of requirements but rather a starting point for assessing where each funder stands at the moment with their preprint-related policies. Creative Commons envisions that this Framework can serve as a starting point for discussion regarding the components that should be required in the future to make Open Access more straightforward and easier for all stakeholders.
Further, Taylor explained how researchers can use the framework, e.g., when planning and publishing research, negotiating with journals, applying for grants or tenure at institutions that value open research, and much more. She encouraged the researchers to use the framework and advocate for it so that it becomes more common in the scientific community.
The short presentation was followed by Q&A with Taylor and Monica. Taylor asked the audience to share funding organizations that might be interested in the Framework. She followed up by asking how the Preprint Policy Framework relates to audience members and their work.
Further discussion during Q&A focused on how to approach training and advocating for preprint posting among researchers who might be hesitant to preprint their manuscripts, and the impact of using CC-BY for preprints and how that affects subsequent journal publication and licensing. Researchers can find answers to many of those questions in the resources shared by the Creative Commons team.
There was also a timely discussion regarding preprinting, AI, how the authors of a work licensed under CC-BY can receive proper attribution, and what it means from a licensing standpoint if content, e.g., a preprint, was created by AI.
We encourage you to view the entire call for details.
On May 14, 2026, ASAPbio was joined by members of the Creative Commons team: Taylor Campbell, Senior Manager, Open Data Policy and Governance, and Monica Granados, Director of Open Science, to discuss the Preprint Policy Framework. The Preprint Policy Framework is an initiative launched last year by Creative Commons and ASAPbio, who collaborated with several research funders to align preprint policies and create a standard Framework. The result of this work is the Preprint Policy Framework, which “consists of six components that align funder and organizational policies to promote open, reusable, timely, and rigorous research communication.”
The Call was started by Taylor, who discussed the importance of open research practices, open licenses, Creative Commons work, and their collaboration with ASAPbio on the Preprint Policy Framework. Then Taylor introduced the Preprint Policy Framework and its components. She also walked the participants through the current list of funders that aligned with the framework (their information is listed on the ASAPbio website). She underscored that the Framework is not a list of requirements but rather a starting point for assessing where each funder stands at the moment with their preprint-related policies. Creative Commons envisions that this Framework can serve as a starting point for discussion regarding the components that should be required in the future to make Open Access more straightforward and easier for all stakeholders.
Further, Taylor explained how researchers can use the framework, e.g., when planning and publishing research, negotiating with journals, applying for grants or tenure at institutions that value open research, and much more. She encouraged the researchers to use the framework and advocate for it so that it becomes more common in the scientific community.
The short presentation was followed by Q&A with Taylor and Monica. Taylor asked the audience to share funding organizations that might be interested in the Framework. She followed up by asking how the Preprint Policy Framework relates to audience members and their work.
Further discussion during Q&A focused on how to approach training and advocating for preprint posting among researchers who might be hesitant to preprint their manuscripts, and the impact of using CC-BY for preprints and how that affects subsequent journal publication and licensing. Researchers can find answers to many of those questions in the resources shared by the Creative Commons team.
There was also a timely discussion regarding preprinting, AI, how the authors of a work licensed under CC-BY can receive proper attribution, and what it means from a licensing standpoint if content, e.g., a preprint, was created by AI.
We encourage you to view the entire call for details.
Resources shared during the meeting:
Licensing-related resources from Creative Commons
How the CC BY license for preprints impacts journal publication: A guide for researchers from Creative Commons
AI Guidance from Creative Commons
Realigning incentives for biomedical researchers and journals through researcher-shared outputs Preprint by Bodo Stern and Erin O’Shea
ASAPbio Licensing FAQ