New University Open Access Fund for 2025-26
The 2025-26 University Open Access Fund is now open for applications
This institutional fund is provided by the University as part of its commitment to cultivating an open and responsible research environment, and is managed by The Office for Open Research. The University Open Access Fund runs from August 鈥� July each year, and is for researchers who:
- will be publishing unfunded research, or
- are unable to access Open Access support via their research funder, and
- are interested in publishing their work in a fully Open Access journal which requires payment of an Article Processing Charge (APC).
If this is you, you can request funding via our . We recommend doing this prior to submitting your paper to a journal, to ensure that you have access to funding before committing to an APC.
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Other Open Access funds
The Office for Open Research also manages Open Access funds from several research funders. If your work acknowledges funding from UKRI, The Wellcome Trust, British Heart Foundation (BHF) or Cancer Research UK (CRUK), and you plan to publish in a fully Open Access journal, you may be able to access funds to cover the cost.
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Open Access without a fee
Although funding is available, it鈥檚 often possible to publish research Open Access without paying an APC. The University of 蝌蚪窝视频鈥檚 policy enables researchers to share the accepted manuscript version of their research via Pure immediately upon publication, regardless of individual publisher embargo requirements. And the Library currently has in place with over 25 publishers, covering all major research disciplines. We also support a number of and alternative or .
- Use our to check Open Access options for journals in your discipline.
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