RSP - OA

British Academy - Open Access Policy

The British Academy does not have a specific open access policy, and does not permit their awards to be used to pay for Open Access publishing costs. However their APEX Awards terms and conditions have previously stated that: 'The Society is committed to the widest possible dissemination of research outputs through the awards that it supports, and encourages Award Holders to publish peer-reviewed articles and monographs in Open Access journals.'

The British Academy maintains its responses to open access consultations and initiatives on their website.

British Heart Foundation - Open Access Policy

Scope

Only research articles are in scope of the funder’s Open Access Policy.

Requirements

• The research must be made available within 6 months of publication at the latest, either via Gold or Green Open Access.
• The accepted manuscript should be deposited in Europe PMC /PubMed .
• The work must have a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) licence applied.
• Where a publication cannot meet the open access requirements (e.g. if deposition in Europe PMC and open access within 6 months is not allowed by the journal), exceptions can be granted in exceptional circumstance. Exception requests should be made in advanced to research@bhf.org.uk.

Funding Support

It is possible to apply for additional funding to cover APCs, in the process making the research available Gold Open Access, directly from a block grant from the British Heart Foundation. You can apply for this from our internal funding form (be sure to include your funding grant code).

The British Heart Foundation Open Access policy can be read in full here

Cancer Research - Open Access Policy

Scope

Only research articles are in scope of the funder’s Open Access Policy.

Requirements

• The research must be made available immediately at the point of publication, either via Gold or Green Open Access.
• The accepted manuscript should be deposited in Europe PMC /PubMed .
• The work must have a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) licence applied. A CC BY-ND licence can be applied if permission is granted from the publisher.
• Researchers are strongly encouraged to post preprints of their work in preprint repositories where possible

Funding Support

Funding to cover APCs, in the process making the research available Gold Open Access, can be taken from any underspend in your active grant. Further support for Open Access funding is available from the University.

The Cancer Research Open Access policy can be read in full here

Horizon Europe (Formerly Horizon 2020) - Open Access Policy

Scope

All peer-reviewed Journal articles, conference papers and longform publications (like books and book chapters) are in scope of the funder’s Open Access Policy.

Requirements

• The research must be made available immediately at the point of publication, either via Gold or Green Open Access.
• The following rights retention statement should be applied to the submitted version of the article:

"This work was funded by the Εuropean Union under the Horizon Europe grant [grant number]. As set out in the Grant Agreement, beneficiaries must ensure that at the latest at the time of publication, open access is provided via a trusted repository to the published version or the final peer-reviewed manuscript accepted for publication under the latest available version of the Creative Commons Attribution International Public Licence (CC BY) or a licence with equivalent rights."

• The work must have a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) licence applied. A CC BY-NC licence or CC BY-ND licence are permitted for longform publications.
• Research Data to be managed in accordance with FAIR Principles and made available under a CC0 (public domain) or a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) licence under the principle of 'as open as possible, as closed as necessary'. Circumstances where data may not be shared include where it would be against a beneficiary’s legitimate interests, including regarding commercial exploitation, or where it would be contrary to any other constraints, in particular the EU competitive interests or the beneficiary’s obligations under this Agreement.

Funding Support

Only publication fees in full open access venues for peer-reviewed scientific publications are eligible for reimbursement by the funder, which need to have been budgeted into the Grant proposal. Further support for Open Access funding is available from the University.

The Horizon Europe Open Access requirements can be found in their Model Grant agreement, which can be found here

Leverhulme Trust - Open Access Policy

The present policy of the Leverhulme Trust is to 'make no stipulations regarding mandatory archiving or open access publication for Leverhulme grant holders' (Question 8).

However, the Leverhulme Trust does consider open access publishing costs as permissible costs which 'should be included either within the 25% associated costs allowable on Research Project Grants and Research Programme Grants or within the research expenses category for fellowships'. See Question 6 of the Leverhulme Trust's Associated Costs / Research expenses page for full information on this.

NIHR - Open Access Policy

Scope

Both peer-reviewed research articles and conference papers are in scope of the funder’s Open Access Policy.

Requirements

• The research must be made available immediately at the point of publication, either via Gold or Green Open Access.
• The accepted manuscript should be deposited in Europe PMC /PubMed .
• The following rights retention statement should be applied to the submitted version of the article:

"For the purpose of open access, the author has applied [a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) licence] [an ‘Open Government Licence’] (or where permitted by the NIHR) [a Creative Commons Attribution No-derivatives (CC BY-ND) licence] to any Author Accepted Manuscript version arising."

• The work must have a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) licence applied. A CC BY-ND licence can be applied if permission is granted from the publisher following a request through their online form.
• A data sharing statement must be included describing how the underpinning research data can be accessed.

Funding Support

It is possible to apply for additional funding to cover APCs, in the process making the research available Gold Open Access, directly from the funding body. Full information including a link to the request form can be found here.

NIHR’s Open Access policy can be read in full here

Royal Society - Open Access Policy

Section 12 of the Royal Society's Conditions of Award stipulate: 'The findings from the research funded by the Award are to be made freely available to the broader scientific community as soon as possible. However, the publication or release of such findings may be reasonably delayed enabling protection of any intellectual property. It is the responsibility of the Award Holder and the Host Organisation to actively communicate the findings from the research to the public at the relevant local, national or international level.'

At a minimum The Royal Society expects to follow the 'green' route to Open Access, as is the case under the University and REF Open Access policies. While the Royal Society's preference is for research to be made Open Access at point of publication, the Royal Society does not consent to cover Open Access publishing costs (Question 11 - 2022 Research Fellowship FAQs) .

Templeton World - Open Access Policy

Scope

Only research articles are in scope of the funder’s Open Access Policy.

Requirements

• The research must be made available immediately at the point of publication, either via Gold or Green Open Access.
• Where appropriate, the accepted manuscript should be deposited in Europe PMC / PubMed or another discipline-appropriate repository.
• The following rights retention statement should be applied to the submitted version of the article.

“This research was funded in whole or in part by Templeton World Charity Foundation [Grant number]. For the purpose of open access, the author has applied a CC-BY public copyright licence to any author accepted manuscript version arising from this submission.”

• The work must have a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) licence applied. A CC BY-ND licence can be applied if permission is granted from the publisher.

Funding Support

It is possible to apply for additional funding to cover APCs, in the process making the research available Gold Open Access, directly from the funding body, as long as the journal is indexed by DOAJ, complies with Plan S Technical guidance and requirements, and have an agreement for the published version to be deposited in Europe PMC and PubMed.

The Templeton World Open Access policy can be read in full here

UKRI - Open Access Policy

Scope

Both review articles and conference papers in proceeding with an International Standards Serial Number (ISSN) are in scope of the funder’s Open Access Policy. From 1st January 2024, longform publications (like books and book chapters) will also be in scope.

Requirements

• The research must be made available immediately at the point of publication, either via Gold or Green Open Access. Longform publications may have an embargo of up to 12 months.
• The following rights retention statement should be applied to the submitted version of the article:

"For the purpose of open access, the author(s) has applied a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) licence (where permitted by UKRI, ‘Open Government Licence’ or ‘Creative Commons Attribution No-derivatives (CC BY-ND) licence’ may be stated instead) to any Author Accepted Manuscript version arising"

• Research funded by the Medical Research Council (MRC) or the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), must be archived in Europe PMC.
• The work must have a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) licence applied. A CC BY-ND licence can be applied if permission is granted from the publisher following a request through their online form.
• A data statement must be applied to manuscript, even if there is no available data or the data is inaccessible.

Funding Support

It is possible to apply for additional funding to cover APCs, in the process making the research available Gold Open Access, from the UKRI Block Grant. You can apply for this through our internal funding form (be sure to include your funding grant code).

The UKRI Open Access policy can be read in full here

Wellcome Trust - Open Access Policy

Scope

Both research articles and longform publications (like books and book chapters) are in scope of the funder’s Open Access Policy.

Requirements

• The research must be made available immediately at the point of publication, either via Gold or Green Open Access. Longform publications may have an embargo of 6 months.
• Where appropriate, the accepted manuscript should be deposited in Europe PMC / PubMed .
• The following rights retention statement should be applied to the submitted version of the article.

“This research was funded in whole, or in part, by the Wellcome Trust [Grant number]. For the purpose of open access, the author has applied a CC BY public copyright licence to any Author Accepted Manuscript version arising from this submission.”

• The work must have a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) licence applied. A CC BY-ND licence can be applied if permission is granted from the publisher following an request through their online form. Any Creative Commons licence can be applied to longform publications, although Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) licences are preferred.
• A data sharing statement must be included describing how the underpinning research data can be accessed.

Funding Support

It is possible to apply for additional funding to cover APCs, in the process making the research available Gold Open Access, directly from the funding body by contacting openaccess@wellcome.org. Full details can be found here

The Wellcome Trust Open Access policy can be read in full here