Most major research funders require research outputs to be made open access.
When you accept a research grant, you are expected to provide open access to the publications arising from the funded research.
If you don’t comply with your funder’s policy, your existing grant may be partially withheld, and you may not be eligible for future funding.
Funder compliance
The key things to look for in your funder policy are:
- The copyright licence you need to publish
- Any outlets (e.g. hybrid journals) they will not pay for you to publish in
- Repositories where you must self-archive/deposit your research
- If the funder allows for an embargo period before you can deposit your work in ORA
- Whether any other descriptive text – such as plain language summaries – are needed
Links to funder policies
If your funder doesn't have an open publication policy in place (for example, British Academy and Leverhulme), you are still required to publish open according to the University's open access policy.
If you need help understanding the implications of your funder policy, or if your funder is not listed here, please contact us.
Acknowledging a funder
Your funder will typically require you to acknowledge funding in the article published in the journal and any accepted version deposited in ORA.
Check individual policies for specific wording. If none is provided, you are suggested to give funder name in full, followed by the grant number in square brackets. For example: 'This work was supported by the Medical Research Council [grant number xxxx].'
