In November 2014, the Gates Foundation announced that they were adopting an open access (OA) policy for publications and data, "to enable the unrestricted access and reuse of all peer-reviewed published research funded by the foundation, including any underlying data sets".
This move has been widely applauded by those who are working in the area of capacity building and knowledge sharing.
Its terms have been called the most stringent among similar OA policies.
As of January 1, 2015 their Open Access policy is effective for all new agreements.
In March 2017, it was confirmed that the open access policy, Gates Open Research, would be based on the same initiative launched in 2016 by Wellcome Trust in their Wellcome Open Research policy launched in partnership with F1000 Research.

The Gates Foundation supported Our World in Data, one of the world's largest open-access publications.
Bill Gates called the publication his "favorite website".

Our World in Data is a scientific online publication, based at the University of Oxford, that studies how to make progress against large global problems such as poverty, disease, hunger, climate change, and inequality.

The mission of Our World in Data is to present "research and data to make progress against the world’s largest problems".
In November 2014, the Gates Foundation announced that they were adopting an open access (OA) policy for publications and data, "to enable the unrestricted access and reuse of all peer-reviewed published research funded by the foundation, including any underlying data sets". This move has been widely applauded by those who are working in the area of capacity building and knowledge sharing. Its terms have been called the most stringent among similar OA policies. As of January 1, 2015 their Open Access policy is effective for all new agreements. In March 2017, it was confirmed that the open access policy, Gates Open Research, would be based on the same initiative launched in 2016 by Wellcome Trust in their Wellcome Open Research policy launched in partnership with F1000 Research.
The Gates Foundation supported Our World in Data, one of the world's largest open-access publications. Bill Gates called the publication his "favorite website".
Our World in Data is a scientific online publication, based at the University of Oxford, that studies how to make progress against large global problems such as poverty, disease, hunger, climate change, and inequality.
The mission of Our World in Data is to present "research and data to make progress against the world’s largest problems".
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation