Open Access funds: UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)
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The Office for Open Research manages Open Access (OA) funds from UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) in the form of an Open Access block grant. This grant is intended to support UKRI-funded authors with the payment of Article Processing Charges (APCs), often required to publish papers Gold Open Access.
The UKRI Open Access block grant can be used for publications which meet the following criteria:
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Original, primary research publications
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Supported in whole, or in part, by UKRI funding (papers acknowledging funding from AHRC, BBSRC, EPSRC, ESRC, MRC, NERC, STFC or Innovate UK)
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Accepted for publication in a fully Open Access journal
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Where either the funding was awarded to The University of Manchester AND/OR the corresponding author is based at The University of Manchester
You will need to ensure you comply with UKRI’s OA policy to be eligible for funding:
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You must publish your paper under a CC BY license
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You must acknowledge your UKRI research funding in the funding acknowledgement section of your paper, using your grant reference number
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Authors must ensure that the paper contains a Data Access Statement
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MRC or BBSRC-funded authors must ensure that an electronic copy of the final paper be made freely available in Europe PubMed Central as soon as possible and no later than six months after publication.
Requesting Open Access funds
To request funding, please see our How and when do I apply for Open Access funding? article.
Please make sure you are aware of all your funder’s requirements by visiting the funder's OA policy webpage.
Further support
Need any help? You can find more articles about other Open Access-related topics or get in touch with the team.