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:
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.
If you are a researcher that is not based in the UK who has published a monograph, book chapter, or edited collection that is in-scope of UKRI’s open access policy, contact openresearch@ukri.org to find out how you can claim open access funds.
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.
At stage two, we are looking for:
Further information on open access funding is available at Open access funding and reporting. This includes information on maximum funding limits.
We are running this funding opportunity on the new UKRI Funding Service. You cannot apply on the Joint Electronic Submissions (Je-S) system.
The project lead is responsible for completing the application process on the Funding Service. The project lead will be based in the research office, library, or other department or team that is responsible for managing open access in the organisation.
Select ‘Start application’ near the beginning of this Funding finder page.
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For more guidance on the Funding Service, see:
UKRI’s open access fund for longform publications will close on the published closing date due to system requirements and will reopen shortly afterwards. The latest information on payment periods and associated deadlines is available at Open access funding and reporting.
Make sure you are aware of and follow any internal institutional deadlines.
Following the submission of your application to the funding opportunity, your application cannot be changed, and applications will not be returned for amendment. If your application does not follow the guidance, it may be rejected.
UKRI will need to collect some personal information to manage your Funding Service account and the registration of your funding applications.
We will handle personal data in line with UK data protection legislation and manage it securely. For more information, including how to exercise your rights, read our privacy notice.
UKRI will publish the outcomes of this funding opportunity at UKRI Gateway to Research.
If your application is successful, we will publish some personal information on the UKRI Gateway to Research.
Word limit: 50
Application name
Enter your organisation name, the month, and the year that you are submitting your application to UKRI.
Summary
Provide the total number of publications that you are registering with UKRI
For the application summary you should:
We may make this summary publicly available on external-facing websites, so please avoid including any sensitive information within this section.
Full guidance on how to complete a stage two application to this fund is available at Guidance for UKRI’s open access fund for long-form publications.
List the key members of your team and assign them roles from the following:
If the administrative contact for this application is not the project lead, please add this person as professional enabling staff. This will be the individual at your organisation who will manage the award (for example, librarian, research manager, or other).
Find out more about UKRI’s core team roles in funding applications.
Word limit: 10,000
List the monographs, edited collections, and book chapters that your organisation is claiming funds for from UKRI by completing the stage two table of questions document.
To complete this section:
Save invoices in a single PDF no larger than 8MB. The invoices should appear in the order in which the publications are included in the table.
For the file name, use the unique Funding Service number the system gives you when you create an application, followed by ‘your organisation name_invoices’
Unless specifically requested, please do not include any sensitive personal data within the attachment.
We will assess your application using the following process.
We will check if the publication(s) that you have included in your application is (are) available open access.
We will check if the funds that you have requested are permissible costs for this fund and if these align with the invoices, receipts, or other appropriate financial evidence that you have provided.
If you have a question and the answers aren’t provided on this page
IMPORTANT NOTE: The helpdesk is committed to helping users of the UKRI Funding Service as effectively and as quickly as possible. In order to manage cases at peak volume times, the helpdesk will triage and prioritise those queries with an imminent funding opportunity deadline or a technical issue. Enquiries raised where information is available on the Funding Finder opportunity page and should be understood early in the application process (for example, regarding eligibility or content/remit of a funding opportunity) will not constitute a priority case and will be addressed as soon as possible.
For help and advice on costings and writing your proposal please contact your research office in the first instance, allowing sufficient time for your organisation’s submission process.
For questions related to this specific funding opportunity please contact openresearch@ukri.org
Any queries regarding the system or the submission of applications through the Funding Service should be directed to the helpdesk.
Email: support@funding-service.ukri.org
Phone: 01793 547490
Our phone lines are open:
To help us process queries quicker, we request that users highlight the council and opportunity name in the subject title of their email query, include the application reference number, and refrain from contacting more than one mailbox at a time.
Find out more information on submitting an application
If you or a core team member need to tell us something you wish to remain confidential, email the Funding Service helpdesk on support@funding-service.ukri.org
Include in the subject line: [the funding opportunity title; sensitive information; your Funding Service application number].
Typical examples of confidential information include:
For information about how UKRI handles personal data, read UKRI’s privacy notice.
UKRI’s open access policy applies to monographs, book chapters, and edited collections that are required to acknowledge UKRI funding.
UKRI is providing a dedicated fund to support its policy aims. This opportunity is for stage two of UKRI’s dedicated fund.
We will hold a webinar on 17 January 2024. This will provide more information about the funding opportunity and a chance to ask questions.
