Open access fund for longform publications: stage two

Open UKRI funding opportunity · Other. Open with no closing date. Total fund £3.5 million. Opportunity page: https://www.ukri.org/opportunity/open-access-fund-for-longform-publications-stage-two/

Research organisations can claim open access (OA) costs for monographs, book chapters, and edited collections that are in-scope of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)’s OA policy that have been approved at stage one.

Applications must be completed by the team responsible for OA within the organisation. Organisations must be based in the UK to apply.

All publications in your application must be:

- in-scope of the policy

- approved at stage one

- available OA immediately with a Creative Commons licence

What we're looking for Aim

The aim of stage two of UKRI’s open access fund is to enable research organisations to claim back costs that have facilitated immediate open access for monographs, book chapters, and edited collections that are required to acknowledge UKRI funding.

Scope

At stage two, we are looking for:

- confirmation that the publication is available immediately open access with a Creative Commons licence

- financial information associated with open access publication

Funding available

Further information on open access funding is available at Open access funding and reporting. This includes information on maximum funding limits.

Who can apply Who is eligible to apply

Applications for this fund must be completed by the research office, library or other department or team that is responsible for open access within the research organisation. For this funding opportunity, you will be based in that relevant department and be the project lead for this opportunity.

The project lead is responsible for completing the application process on the UKRI Funding Service.

Who is not eligible to apply

- researchers

- any applicants based in organisations that are outside the UK

- publishers

International applicants

If you are a researcher that is not based in…