The program places great emphasis on the principles of Open Science. The plan in the project proposal is an essential criterion in the evaluation. Any expenses incurred for this can be included in the eligible costs. It is mandatory to include in the project proposal:

• intellectual property protection plan rights to results
• description of Open Access options when publishing result
• description of the method of sharing scientific data
• complying with the FAIR principles the recipient will submit to the provider in each interim and final report on the solution of the Data Management Plan project

"An essential part of the project must be the identification of the application potential of the expected knowledge and the plan for the protection of intellectual property and rights to the results, the identification of the possibilities of applying the "open access" regime in the publication of results and the sharing of verified scientific data to the maximum extent possible, where it complies with all valid regulations on the protection of personal data, sensitive data and intellectual property possible."