For publicly funded EU projects, the Open Science approach means that

• publications that are peer-reviewed (especially articles in journals) are made available in Open Access (OA),
• scientific data (belonging to OA publications and/or raw data) are made available as Open Research Data (ORD) where possible.

However, this does not mean that EU project results must generally be published in Open Access: Prior to publication, a decision must be made as to whether the results should be used for other purposes or whether they should be legally protected.

Source: Open Access to Publications and Data in Horizon 2020: Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)", S. 3

Instruments for disseminating and exploiting project results

The EU Commission provides the following instruments for the publication, dissemination and exploitation of research results from EU projects for free use:

1. Horizon Results Platform: https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/opportunities/horizon-results-platform

Results can be made available to various target groups via this platform.

2. Open Research Europe https://open-research-europe.ec.europa.eu

Scientific contributions and articles for peer-reviewed Open Access publication can be submitted via this platform. The procedure can be found here.

3. Horizon Results Booster: https://www.horizonresultsbooster.eu

This is a free service that the Commission uses to support dissemination and exploitation strategies, the development of business plans and guidance for market launches.

The background to this is the binding obligations anchored in funding contracts for all funding recipients,

• to disseminate and exploit the results from funded projects during the project term and for up to 4 years thereafter, and
• to publish all scientific publications and associated research data open access.