The final report and associated inventory of identified trusted repositories represent the output of a study conducted between September 2023 and September 2024 by an independent expert and commissioned by the European Research Council Executive Agency (ERCEA).

The research presented is meant to update the “Study on the readiness of research data and literature repositories to facilitate compliance with  the  Open  Science  Horizon  Europe  Model  Grant  Agreement  (HE  MGA) requirements”, published in 2023. In this study the experts assess and analyse the readiness of research data and literature repositories to facilitate compliance with the Open Science requirements, in particular regarding the metadata of deposited research outputs, in the Horizon Europe Model Grant Agreement.

The final report, the inventory of identified trusted repositories and questionnaire used to survey repository managers are publicly available on Zenodo. A summary of the findings can be found in the summary and conclusions in the final report (p.1-2; 27-28). The purpose of the study is explained in this ERC news article.