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Open access agreements for the UK

Find out if your institution has an open access agreement with �廨��̳

To support authors in publishing open access (OA), �廨��̳ partners with institutions globally to provide flexible agreements that help cover OA publication costs (known as article processing charges, or APCs). These agreements allow authors from eligible institutions to publish in �廨��̳’s fully OA journals across BMC, Springer, Discover, Palgrave Macmillan and the Nature portfolio with financial support from their institution.

Depending on the terms of the agreement, your institution may offer:

Full APC coverage - 100% of the APC is paid by the institution
A percentage discount - e.g. 10% off the list price APC
Fixed price coverage - e.g. up to €1,000 paid by the institution

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Here is a full list of institutions with consortium or individual agreements covering OA publishing fees

Click through the links below or contact your librarian to find out more about the terms and conditions of available funding.

Institutions are listed alphabetically : A-G H-N O-T U-Y

A-G

Institutes Name	BMC	Discover	Nature Portfolio	Palgrave Macmillan	Springer
A
Abertay University	✓	–	✓	✓	✓
Aberystwyth University	–	–	✓	✓	✓
Alan Turing Institute	–	–	✓	✓	✓
Anglia Ruskin University	✓	–	✓	✓	✓
Arden University	–	–	–	✓	✓
Aston University	✓	–	✓	✓	✓
B
Babraham Institute	–	–	✓	✓	✓
Bangor University	✓	–	✓	✓	✓
Birkbeck College	✓	–	✓	✓	✓
Birmingham City University	–	–	–	✓	✓
Bournemouth University	✓	–	✓	✓	✓
British American Tobacco Group Research & Development Centre	✓	✓	–	–	✓
British Antarctic Survey	✓	–	✓	✓	✓
British Geological Survey	–	–	✓	✓	✓
Brunel University	✓	–	✓	✓	✓
C
Canterbury Christ Church University	–	–	–	✓	✓
Cardiff Metropolitan University	✓	–	✓	✓	✓
Cardiff University	✓	–	✓	✓	✓
CCLRC Daresbury Laboratory	–	–	✓	–	–
City, University of London	✓	–	✓	✓	✓
Cranfield University	–	–	✓	✓	–
D
Daresbury Laboratory	✓	–	✓	✓	✓
E
Edge Hill University	✓	–	✓	✓	–
Edinburgh Napier University	✓	–	✓	✓	✓
G
Glasgow Caledonian University	✓	–	✓	✓	✓
Glasgow School of Art	–	–	–	✓	✓
Goldsmiths' College	–	–	✓	✓	✓

H-N

Institutes Name	BMC	Discover	Nature Portfolio	Palgrave Macmillan	Springer
H
Heriot-Watt University	✓	–	✓	✓	✓
Imperial College London	–	–	✓	✓	✓
Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine	✓	–	✓	✓	✓
J
James Hutton Institute	✓	–	✓	✓	✓
James Hutton Institute (Aberdeen and Dundee)	–	–	✓	–	–
K
King's College London	✓	–	✓	✓	✓
Kingston University	✓	–	✓	✓	✓
L
Leeds Beckett University	✓	–	✓	✓	✓
Liverpool Hope University	–	–	–	✓	✓
Liverpool John Moores University	✓	–	✓	✓	✓
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine	–	–	✓	–	–
London Business School	–	–	–	✓	✓
London Metropolitan University	–	–	✓	–	–
London School of Economics and Political Science	✓	–	✓	✓	✓
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine	✓	–	✓	✓	✓
London South Bank University	✓	–	✓	✓	✓
Loughborough University	✓	–	✓	✓	✓
M
Manchester Metropolitan University	✓	–	✓	✓	✓
Marine Biological Association	✓	–	✓	✓	✓
Medical Research Council Lab of Molecular Biology	✓	–	✓	✓	✓
Middlesex University	✓	–	✓	✓	✓
Moredun Research Institute	–	–	✓	–	–
MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology	–	–	✓	–	–
N
National Museums Scotland	–	–	–	✓	✓
National Oceanography Centre (NOC)	–	–	✓	✓	✓
Newcastle University	–	–	✓	–	–
Northumbria University	–	–	✓	–	–
Norwich Bioscience Institutes	✓	–	✓	✓	✓
Nottingham Trent University	✓	–	✓	✓	✓

O-T

Institutes Name	BMC	Discover	Nature Portfolio	Palgrave Macmillan	Springer
O
Open University	✓	–	✓	✓	✓
Oxford Brookes University	✓	–	✓	✓	✓
P
Plymouth Marine Laboratory	–	–	✓	–	–
Q
Queen Margaret University	✓	–	✓	✓	✓
Queen Mary, University of London	✓	–	✓	✓	✓
Queens University Belfast	✓	✓	–	–	✓
R
RESYST Consortium	✓	✓	–	–	✓
Robert Gordon University	✓	–	✓	✓	✓
Rothamsted Research Ltd.	✓	–	✓	–	–
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew	–	–	✓	–	–
Royal Conservatoire Scotland	–	–	–	✓	✓
Royal Holloway and Bedford New College	✓	–	✓	✓	✓
Royal Observatory Edinburgh	✓	–	✓	✓	✓
Royal Veterinary College	✓	–	✓	✓	✓
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory	✓	–	✓	✓	✓
S
Scotland's Rural College (SRUC)	–	–	–	✓	✓
Scottish Agricultural College (SRUC)	–	–	✓	–	–
Scottish Association for Marine Science	–	–	✓	–	–
Sheffield Hallam University	✓	–	✓	✓	✓
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	✓	✓	–	–	✓
St George's, University of London	✓	–	✓	✓	✓
Swansea University	✓	–	✓	✓	✓
T
The Foundation and Friends of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew	–	–	–	✓	✓
The Francis Crick Institute	✓	✓	✓	✓
The James Hutton Institute	–	–	–	✓	✓
The Natural History Museum Development Trust	–	–	–	✓	✓
The Pirbright Institute	–	–	✓	✓	✓

U-Y

Institutes Name	BMC	Discover	Nature Portfolio	Palgrave Macmillan	Springer
U
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology	✓	–	✓	✓	✓
UK Health Security Agency	✓	–	✓	✓	✓
University College London	✓	–	✓	✓	✓
University of Aberdeen	✓	–	✓	✓	✓
University of Abertay Dundee	–	–	✓	✓	✓
University of Bath	✓	–	✓	✓	✓
University of Bedfordshire	✓	–	✓	✓	✓
University of Birmingham	✓	–	✓	✓	✓
University of Bradford	–	–	✓	✓	✓
University of Bristol	✓	–	✓	✓	✓
University of Cambridge	✓	–	✓	✓	✓
University of Central Lancashire	–	–	✓	✓	✓
University of Chester	–	–	✓	✓	✓
University of Cumbria	–	–	✓	–	–
University of Derby	✓	–	✓	✓	✓
University of Dundee	✓	–	✓	✓	✓
University of Durham	✓	–	✓	✓	✓
University of East Anglia	✓	–	✓	✓	✓
University of Edinburgh	✓	–	✓	✓	✓
University of Essex	✓	–	✓	✓	✓
University of Exeter	✓	–	✓	✓	✓
University of Glasgow	✓	–	✓	✓	✓
University of Gloucestershire	–	–	✓	✓	✓
University of Greenwich	✓	–	✓	✓	✓
University of Hertfordshire	✓	–	✓	✓	✓
University of Huddersfield	✓	–	✓	✓	✓
University of Hull	✓	–	✓	✓	✓
University of Keele	✓	–	✓	✓	✓
University of Kent	–	–	✓	✓	✓
University of Lancaster	✓	–	✓	✓	✓
University of Leeds	✓	–	✓	✓	✓
University of Leicester	✓	–	✓	✓	✓
University of Lincoln	–	–	✓	✓	✓
University of Liverpool	✓	–	✓	✓	✓
University of London	–	–	–	✓	✓
University of London, Goldsmiths	✓	–	✓	✓	✓
University of Manchester	✓	–	✓	✓	✓
University of Newcastle upon Tyne	✓	–	✓	✓	✓
University of Northampton	–	–	✓	✓	✓
University of Northumbria at Newcastle	✓	–	✓	✓	✓
University of Nottingham	✓	–	✓	✓	✓
University of Oxford	✓	–	✓	✓	✓
University of Plymouth	–	–	✓	–	–
University of Portsmouth	–	–	✓	✓	✓
University of Reading	✓	–	✓	✓	✓
University of Roehampton	–	–	✓	✓	✓
University of Salford	✓	–	✓	✓	✓
University of Sheffield	✓	–	✓	✓	✓
University of Southampton	✓	–	✓	✓	✓
University of St Andrews	✓	–	✓	✓	✓
University of Stirling	✓	–	✓	✓	✓
University of Strathclyde	✓	–	✓	✓	✓
University of Suffolk	–	–	–	✓	✓
University of Surrey	✓	–	✓	✓	✓
University of Sussex	–	–	✓	✓	✓
University of the Highlands and Islands	–	–	✓	✓	✓
University of the West of England	✓	–	✓	✓	✓
University of the West of England, Bristol	–	–	–	✓	✓
University of the West of Scotland	✓	–	✓	✓	✓
University of Ulster	–	–	✓	✓	✓
University of Wales Trinity St David with Swansea University	✓	–	✓	✓	✓
University of Warwick	✓	–	✓	✓	✓
University of Westminster	✓	–	✓	✓	✓
University of Worcester	✓	–	✓	✓	✓
W
Wellcome Sanger Institute	✓	✓	✓	–	✓
Y
York St John University	–	–	✓	✓	✓

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Open access agreements for the UK

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