Open Access funding

The University receives a block grant from the British Heart Foundation to cover the cost of Open Access for publications where British Heart Foundation funding is acknowledged.

The following publication type can usually be funded:

• Original research journal articles

Only article processing charges (APCs) can be funded; other publication charges cannot be paid for.

Eligibility criteria:

• The publication must acknowledge British Heart Foundation funding.
• The corresponding author must be a researcher at the University of Liverpool (staff member or PGR student) or the grant holder must be based here.
• We cannot use the fund for those on honorary contracts.
• The output cannot have already been published.
• The output must be made available with the CC-BY licence.
• When submitting to a fully open access journal (see the Directory of Open Access Journals), a Gold Open Access Request form must be completed prior to submission. 

The University receives a block grant from Cancer Research UK to cover the cost of Open Access for publications where Cancer Research UK funding is acknowledged. 

The following publication type can usually be funded:

• Original research journal articles

Only article processing charges (APCs) can be funded; other publication charges cannot be paid for.

Eligibility criteria:

• The publication must acknowledge Cancer Research UK funding.
• The corresponding author must be a researcher at the University of Liverpool (staff member or PGR student) or the grant holder must be based here.
• We cannot use the fund for those on honorary contracts.
• The output cannot have already been published.
• The output must be made available with the CC-BY licence.
• When submitting to a fully open access journal (see the Directory of Open Access Journals), a Gold Open Access Request form must be completed prior to submission. 

The University makes Open Access funding available for those whose research has not been externally funded. The fund is made available in August each year and is allocated on a first-come-first-serve basis by the Open Access Team in the Library until the fund is exhausted.

UKRI provides the University with a block grant to cover the costs of Open Access for research outputs acknowledging funding from the Research Councils. The money is paid to the University every April and is allocated throughout the year by the Open Access Team in the Library until the fund is exhausted. 

The University receives a block grant from the Wellcome Trust to cover the cost of Open Access for publications arising from research funded either wholly or in part from Wellcome Trust funding.

Article Processing Charges for the following publication types can usually be funded:

• Original research journal articles
• Review articles
• Case reports
• Conference proceedings

Other publication charges (e.g. page or colour charges) are not eligible for the fund, and would need to be covered by your department.

• The publication must be in a Fully Open Access journal listed in the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
• The publication must be reporting on research funded either wholly or in part by the Wellcome Trust
• The corresponding author must be a researcher at the University of Liverpool (staff member or PGR student) or the grant holder must be based here.
• We cannot use the fund for those on honorary contracts.
• The output cannot have already been published.
• The output must be made available with the CC-BY licence.
• When submitting to a fully open access journal (see the Directory of Open Access Journals), a Gold Open Access Request form must be completed prior to submission. 

The fund cannot be used to pay APCs in hybrid journals.