Funding open access articles | Open science

In order to support authors who choose to make their research articles immediately available upon publication, we have compiled a list of research funders and institutions worldwide that fund open access article processing charges (APCs).

Funding sources are listed by country, and links to each organization’s open access (OA) funding and policy pages have been included where available. Please note that this page currently only shows open access policies for funders or institutions that make open access funding available.

If your funder is not shown on this page, you may still be able to use your grant funds to cover APCs. Check your grant terms for information on publication costs.

The information on this page is updated regularly, and reflects APC funding sources to the best of our knowledge. To suggest updates or additions to this list, please contact us at OAfundingpolicy@springernature.com.

OA funding types

The open access funding type of each organization in the list below has been indicated by one or more of the following annotations:

APC funding may be included in the initial research grant application budget
Grantees may use remaining research funds for APCs
Offers a dedicated open access fund
Institution distributes OA funds provided by a funder either via a block grant (e.g., UKRI or DFG) or overheads included as a part of individual grants (e.g., FORTE or Academy of Finland)

OA agreements

In addition to the funding sources listed on this page, Springer Nature has OA agreements with many organisations that will cover APCs for affiliated researchers. Find out more.

Updates or additions

The information on this page is updated regularly, and reflects APC funding sources to the best of our knowledge. To suggest updates or additions to this list, please contact us.

OAfundingpolicy@springernature.com

Funders and institutions A-Z index

Australia

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Australian Research Council¹

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National Health and Medical Research Council, NHMRC²

Austrian Partnership Programme in Higher Education & Research for Development (Austrian Development Cooperation)^1,3	Funding information
Austrian Science Fund, FWF (Fonds zur Förderung der wissenschaftlichen Forschung⁴	Open Access policy Funding information
Vienna Science and Technology Fund (Der Wiener Wissenschafts-, Forschungs- und Technologiefonds (WWTF))^1,2	Funding information

Austrian Academy of Sciences^3,4	Open Access policy Funding information
Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna (Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien)^1,3	Open Access policy Funding information
Graz University of Technology (TU Graz)³	Open Access policy Funding information
Institute of Science and Technology Austria³	Open Access policy Funding information
International Institute of Applied Systems Analysis, IIASA³	Open Access policy Funding information
Medical University of Graz (Medizinische Universität Graz)³	Open Access policy Funding information
Medical University of Innsbruck (Medizinische Universität Innsbruck)³	Open Access policy Funding information
St. Pölten University of Applied Sciences³	Open Access policy Funding information
University of Graz (Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz)³	Open Access policy Funding information
University of Innsbruck (Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck)³	Open Access policy Funding information
University of Vienna (Universität Wien)³	Open Access policy Funding information
Vienna University of Economics and Business (Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien)³	Open Access policy Funding information
Vienna University of Technology, TUW (Technische Universität Wien)³	Open Access policy Funding information

Canadian Cancer Society (including Prostate Cancer Canada), CCS¹	Open Access policy Funding information
Fonds de Recherche du Québec, FRQ^1,2	Open Access policy Funding information
Genome Canada¹	Open Access policy Funding information
Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada, FMC / HSF (Fondation des maladies du cœur du Canada)¹	Open Access policy Funding information
International Development Research Centre, IDRC¹	Open Access policy Funding information
The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) ("the Agencies")^1,2	Open Access policy Funding information

Carleton University³	Open Access policy Funding information
University of British Columbia³	Open Access policy Funding information

Research Council of Finland⁴	Open access policy Funding information
Kone Foundation^1,2	Funding information

European Molecular Biology Laboratory, EMBL³	Open Access policy Funding information
Federal Ministry of Education and Research, BMBF (Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung)³	Open Access policy Funding information
German Research Foundation, DFG (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft)^3,4	Open Access policy Funding information
Helmholtz Association (Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft)³	Open Access policy Funding information
Leibniz Consortium (Leibniz Gemeinschaft)^3,4	Open Access policy Funding information
Volkswagen Foundation (Volkswagen Stiftung)^1,3	Open Access policy Funding information

Albert-Ludwigs University of Freiburg³	Open Access policy Funding information
Bielefeld University (Universität Bielefeld)³	Funding information
Braunschweig University of Technology (Technische Universität Braunschweig)³	Funding information
Charité - University Medicine Berlin (Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin)³	Open Access policy Funding information
Chemnitz University of Technology (Technische Universität Chemnitz)³	Open Access policy Funding information
Clausthal University of Technology (Technische Universität Clausthal)³	Open Access policy Funding information
Dortmund University of Technology (Technische Universität Dortmund)³	Open Access policy Funding information
Dresden University of Technology, TUD (Technische Universität Dresden)³	Open Access policy Funding information
Free University of Berlin, FU (Freie Universitat Berlin)³	Open Access policy Funding information
Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, FAU³	Open Access policy Funding information
Hamburg-Harburg University of Technology, TUHH (Technische Universität Hamburg-Harburg)³	Open Access policy Funding information
Humboldt University of Berlin (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin)³	Open Access policy Funding information
Ilmenau University of Technology (Technische Universität Ilmenau)³	Open Access policy Funding information
Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz (Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz)³	Open Access policy Funding information
Kaiserslautern University of Technology (Technische Universität Kaiserslautern)³	Open Access Policy Funding information
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, KIT (Karlsruher Institut für Technologie)³	Funding information
Leibniz University of Hannover (Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Universität Hannover)³	Open Access policy Funding information
Leipzig University (Universität Leipzig)³	Open Access policy Funding information
Munich University of Technology, TUM (Technische Universität München)³	Open Access policy Funding information
Rheinland-Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern-Landau, RPTU University Kaiserslautern-Landau³	Open Access policy Funding information
Ruhr University Bochum, RUB (Ruhr-Universität Bochum,)³	Open Access policy Funding information
University of Bamberg (Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg)³	Open Access policy Funding information
University of Bayreuth, UBT (Universität Bayreuth)³	Funding information
University of Bremen (Universität Bremen)³	Open Access policy Funding information
University of Duisburg-Essen, UDE (Universität Duisburg-Essen)³	Open Access policy Funding information
University of Goettingen, GAU (Georg-August-Universität Gottingen)³	Open Access policy Funding information
University of Kassel (Universität Kassel)³	Open Access policy Funding information
University of Konstanz (Universität Konstanz)³	Open Access policy Funding information
University of Marburg (Philipps-Universität Marburg)³	Open Access policy Funding information
University of Münster, WWU (Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Munster)³	Open Access policy Funding information
University of Passau (Universität Passau)³	Open Access policy Funding information
University of Regensburg (Universität Regensburg)³	Funding information
University of Rostock (Universität Rostock)³	Funding information
University of Stuttgart (Universität Stuttgart)³	Open Access policy Funding information
University of Tuebingen (Universität Tubingen)³	Open Access policy Funding information
University of Ulm (Universität Ulm)³	Open Access policy Funding information
University of Würzburg (Julius Maximilians Universität Wurzburg)³	Open Access policy Funding information

Aligning Science Across Parkinson's (ASAP)³	Funding information
Alliance for Accelerating Excellence in Science in Africa, AESA^1,2	Funding information
Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research, CGIAR¹	Open Access policy Funding information
DEBRA International¹	Funding information
Honor Frost Foundation³	Funding information
Human Frontier Science Program, HFSP²	Funding information
Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR)¹	Open Access policy Funding information
Templeton World Charity Foundation¹	Open Access policy Funding information
World Cancer Research Fund^1,2	Funding information
World Health Organisation , WHO¹	Funding information

Autonomous Province Bozen-Bolzano³	Open Access policy Funding information
Cariplo Foundation (Fondazione Cariplo)^1,2	Open Access policy Funding information
Italian Association for Cancer Research^1,2	Funding information
National Institute for Nuclear Physics, INFN	Open Access policy Funding information
Telethon Foundation (Fondazione Telethon)²	Open Access policy Funding information

Auckland Medical Research Foundation^1,2	Funding information
Health Research Council of New Zealand¹	Funding information

Nord University (Previously University of Nordland), NU (Previously UIN) (Nord Universitet (Previously Universitet i Nordland))³	Open Access policy Funding information
Østfold University College³	Open Access policy Funding information
Oslo Metropolitan University (OsloMet)³	Funding information
University College of Southeast Norway (Porsgrunn Campus) Formerly Telemark University College, HSN (Høgskolen i Sørøst-Norge (Formerly Høgskolen i Telemark))³	Open Access policy Funding information
University of Agder (Universitetet i Agder)³	Open Access policy Funding information
University of Bergen, UiB (Universitetet i Bergen)³	Open Access policy Funding information
University of Tromsø / Arctic University of Norway, UiT (Universitetet i Tromsø / Norges arktiske universitet)³	Open Access policy Funding information
Volda University College (Høgskulen i Volda)³	Open Access policy Funding information
Western Norway University of Applied Sciences (Høgskulen på Vestlandet)³	Funding information

Lincoln University³	Open Access policy Funding information
University of Canterbury³	Funding information

Dutch Cancer Society, KWF (KWF Kankerbestrijding)¹	Funding information
Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development¹	Open Access policy Funding information
Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research¹	Open Access policy Funding information

University of Cape Town, UCT³	Open Access policy Funding information
University of Pretoria³	Open Access policy Funding information

Foundation for Baltic and East European Studies (Östersjöstiftelsen)¹	Funding information
Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation (Knut och Alice Wallenbergs Stiftelse)^1,2	Funding information
Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research, SSF (Stiftelsen för strategisk forskning)¹	Funding information
Swedish Research Council, VR (Vetenskapsrådet)¹	Funding information
Swedish Research Council for Environment, Agricultural Sciences and Spatial Planning, FORMAS (Forskningsrådet för miljö, areella näringar och samhällsbyggande)¹	Open Access policy Funding information

Lund University (Lunds universitet)³	Open Access policy Funding information
Stockholm University³	Open Access policy Funding information

European Organization for Nuclear Research, CERN (Organisation Européenne pour la Recherche Nucléaire)³	Open Access policy Funding information
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne, EPFL (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne)³	Open Access policy Funding information
University of Basel (Universität Basel)³	Open Access policy Funding information
University of Bern³	Open Access policy Funding information
University of Fribourg³	Open Access policy Funding information
University of Geneva³	Open Access policy Funding information
University of Italian Switzerland³	Open Access policy Funding information
University of Zurich, UZH (Universität Zürich)³	Open Access policy Funding information

National Hearing Loss Charity, RNID (previously Action on Hearing Loss)²	Open Access policy Funding information
Alzheimer's Research UK¹	Open Access policy Funding information
Blood Cancer UK (formerly Bloodwise, formerly Leukaemia and Lymphoma Research)³	Funding information
Breast Cancer Now²	Open Access policy Funding information
British Heart Foundation, BHF^3,4	Open Access policy Funding information
Chief Scientist Office, CSO³	Open Access policy Funding information
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, FCDO (previously Department for International Development, DFID)¹	Open Access policy Funding information
Department of Health, including National Institute for Health Research, NHS / NIHR^1,3	Open Access policy Funding information
Leverhulme Trust¹	Funding information
Marie Curie^1,2	Funding information
Motor Neurone Disease Association, MNDA³	Open Access policy Funding information
National Centre for the Replacement, Refinement and Reduction of Animals in Research, NC3Rs (part of MRC)⁴	Open Access policy Funding information
Parkinson’s UK¹	Open Access policy Funding information
Stroke Association¹	Open Access policy Funding information
The Academy of Medical Sciences, AMS^1,2	Open Access policy Funding information
UK Research and Innovation, including AHRC, BBSRC, ESRC, EPSRC, Innovate UK, MRC, NERC, Research England, STFC⁴	Open Access policy Funding information
Arthritis UK (previously Versus Arthritis (formerly Arthritis Research UK))³	Funding information
Vivensa Foundation³	Open Access policy Funding information
Wellcome Trust, WT⁴	Open Access policy Funding information
Worldwide Cancer Research³	Open Access policy Funding information
Yorkshire Cancer Research³	Funding information

Aberystwyth University³	Open Access policy Funding information
Anglia Ruskin University³	Funding information
Bournemouth University, BU³	Open Access policy Funding information
Brunel University³	Funding information
Cranfield University³	Open Access policy Funding information
Durham University³	Open Access policy Funding information
EMBL European Bioinformatics Institute, EBI³	Open Access policy Funding information
Glasgow Caledonian University, GCU³	Open Access policy Funding information
Imperial College London³	Open Access policy Funding information
Lancaster University³	Funding information
London School of Economics & Political Science, LSE³	Open Access policy Funding information
Manchester Metropolitan University, MMU³	Open Access policy Funding information
Newcastle University³	Open Access policy Funding information
Northumbria University³	Open Access policy Funding information
Oxford Brookes University³	Open Access policy Funding information
Queen Mary University of London, QMUL³	Open Access policy Funding information
Sheffield Hallam University, SHU³	Open Access policy Funding information
St. George’s University of London, SGUL³	Open Access policy Funding information
Swansea University³	Open Access policy Funding information
The Francis Crick Institute³	Open Access policy Funding information
University College London, UCL (including Institute of Education, School of Pharmacy)³	Open Access policy Funding information
University of Bath³	Open Access policy Funding information
University of Birmingham³	Funding information
University of Cambridge³	Open Access policy Funding information
University of Dundee³	Open Access policy Funding information
University of Essex³	Open Access policy Funding information
University of Exeter³	Open Access policy Funding information
University of Liverpool³	Open Access policy Funding information
University of Manchester, UoM³	Open Access policy Funding information
University of Northampton³	Open Access policy Funding information
University of Portsmouth³	Open Access policy Funding information
University of Salford³	Open Access policy Funding information
University of Sheffield³	Open Access policy Funding information
University of St. Andrews³	Open Access policy Funding information
University of Strathclyde³	Open Access policy Funding information
University of Sussex³	Open Access policy Funding information
University of West of England, UWE³	Open Access policy Funding information
University of Warwick³	Open Access policy Funding information
University of Westminster³	Open Access policy Funding information
University of York³	Open Access policy Funding information

American Cancer Society^1,2	Funding information
American Diabetes Association¹	Funding information
American Lung Association¹	Funding information
BrightFocus Foundation¹	Funding information
Children's Tumor Foundation³	Funding information
Craig H Neilsen Foundation¹	Funding information
Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)¹	Open Access policy Funding information
Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation³	Funding information
Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation^1,2	Open Access policy Funding information
Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI)¹	Open Access policy Funding information
Lung Cancer Research Foundation¹	Funding information
LUNGevity²	Funding information
National Institutes of Health (NIH) - NCI; NEI; NHLBI; NHGRI; NIA; NIAAA; NIAID; NIAMS; NIBIB; NICHD; NIDCD; NIDCR; NIDDK; NIDA; NIEHS; NIGMS; NIMH; NIMHD; NINDS; NINR; NLM; CIT; CSR; FIC; NCCAM; NCATS; CC., NIH^1,2	Open Access policy Funding information
National Science Foundation, NSF^1,2	Open Access policy Funding information
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) - Science Mission Directorate Grants¹	Open Access policy Funding information
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) - All other grants¹	Open Access policy Funding information
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration¹	Open Access policy Funding information
Pancreatic Cancer Action Network¹	Open Access policy Funding information
Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute, PCORI³	Open Access policy Funding information
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation^1,2	Open Access policy Funding information
Simons Foundation¹	Open Access policy Funding information
St Baldrick's Foundation¹	Funding information
The Medical Foundation - A division of Health Resources in Action¹	Funding information
Tuberous Sclerosis Alliance¹	Open Access policy Funding information
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)¹	Open Access policy Funding information
US Department of Defense¹	Open Access policy Funding information
US Department of Energy¹	Open Access policy Funding information
US Food and Drug Administration¹	Open Access policy Funding information
US Environmental Protection Agency¹	Open Access policy Funding information
US Department of Veterans Affairs¹	Open Access policy Funding information

Allegheny College³	Funding information
American University³	Funding information
Amherst College³	Open Access policy Funding information
Brandeis University³	Open Access policy Funding information
California State University, Fullerton, CSUF³	Funding information
Carnegie Mellon University, CMU³	Open Access policy Funding information
Dickinson College³	Funding information
Franklin & Marshall College³	Funding information
Furman University³	Funding information
Hope College³	Open Access policy Funding information
Iowa State University of Science and Technology³	Funding information
Miami University³	Open Access policy Funding information
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, MSKCC³	Funding information
Oakland University³	Open Access policy Funding information
Oakland University, William Beaumonth School of Medicine³	Open Access policy Funding information
Portland State University, PSU³	Open Access policy Funding information
Thomas Jefferson University³	Funding information
Tufts University, Medford³	Funding information
University of California³	Open Access policy Funding information
University of Connecticut³	Funding information
University of Dayton, Ohio, UD³	Funding information
University of Illinois at Chicago, UIC³	Open Access policy Funding information
University of North Carolina, Charlotte³	Open Access policy Funding information
University of Northern Colorado, UNC³	Funding information
University of Oklahoma, UO³	Open Access policy Funding information
University of Tennessee, Knoxville, UTK³	Funding information
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee³	Funding information
Utah State University, USU³	Open Access policy Funding information
Villanova University³	Funding information
Wake Forest University, WFU³	Open Access policy Funding information

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