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* This is a list of funds to support OA journals.  The funds may be hosted by universities, research centers, foundations, or government agencies.
** Currently, all the funds listed here are designed to pay publication fees (or article processing charges, APCs) at fee-based OA journals.  If funds emerge to support [https://dash.harvard.edu/handle/1/4552050 no-fee OA journals], they belong here as well.
 
* When possible, annotate the funds with their launch dates, end dates (if any), special criteria, funding limits or cost-ceilings, and other notable features.
 
* If an institution once had a fund which has since expired, please add it to the list of [[Discontinued OA journal funds]].
 
* Related lists in OAD:  (1) [[OA journal business models]], (2) [[Discontinued OA journal funds]].
 
* Related lists elsewhere: 
** [http://co-action.net/ Co-Action Publishing] maintains a [http://www.journaloforalmicrobiology.net/public/site/pages/Funders.php list] of university-based OA journal funds and funding agencies willing to pay article processing charges for grantees.
** [http://www.degruyter.com/ De Gruyter] maintains a [http://www.degruyter.com/page/1097 list] of universities and funding agencies willing to pay publication fees.
** [http://sparcopen.org/ SPARC] maintains a guide to [http://sparcopen.org/our-work/oa-funds/Campus Open Access Funds], which includes a [http://sparcopen.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/OA-Funds-in-Action-4.7.16.pdf table of funds] and their associated features or policies.
** [http://www.springer.com/ Springer] maintained a [http://resource-cms.springer.com/springer-cms/rest/v1/content/6990/data/v5/Overview+of+open+access+funds list] until December 2014 of universities and funding agencies with OA journal funds.
 
[[Category:Lists about journals]] [[Category:Lists about institutions]] [[Category:Lists about business models and funding]]
 
== A ==
*[http://www.aka.fi/en/ Academy of Finland]
**[http://www.aka.fi/globalassets/awanhat/documents/liitteet/oa_ohje_en.pdf Funds] "available for research costs arising from publishing of research results", for applicants to include in "a publication plan as part of the research plan" as of September 2014.
**Hybrid publication discouraged.
 
*[http://www.uia.no/ University of Agder]
**Fund available to [http://www.uia.no/ University of Agder] corresponding authors.
**Limited to [https://dbh.nsd.uib.no/publiseringskanaler/Forside approved] fully OA journals maintaining [http://oaspa.org/ Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA)] membership; hybrid publication ineligible.
**Maximum award of 30,000kr, limited to 10 funded publications per author annually.
**Mandatory deposit in institutional repository, [http://www.uia.no/bibliotek/forskning-og-publisering2/aura-agder-university-research-archive AURA].
**Secondary fund available for publication in "level 2" hybrid journals as of January 2016; applications require faculty recommendation.
 
*[https://www.humboldt-foundation.de/web/home.html Alexander von Humboldt Foundation]
**[https://www.humboldt-foundation.de/web/printing-subsidies.html Funds] available in the form of reimbursement, shown under the larger [https://www.humboldt-foundation.de/web/printing-subsidies.html Printing Subsidies] plan.
**Reimbursement of OA publication fees addressed in [https://www.humboldt-foundation.de/web/press-release-2009-08.html Joint Statement by German Science Organisations] released in March 2009.
 
* [http://www.fwf.ac.at/en/public_relations/oai/index.html Austrian Science Fund (FWF)]
**[http://www.fwf.ac.at/fileadmin/files/Dokumente/News_Presse/News/OAT12_reckling.pdf Funds] available to cover OA and Hybrid publication costs.
**Funding available as of 2001[http://www.fwf.ac.at/fileadmin/files/Dokumente/News_Presse/News/OAT12_reckling.pdf].
 
*[http://www.arizona.edu/ University of Arizona]
**[http://new.library.arizona.edu/about/awards/oa-fund Fund] supports "UA faculty, researchers, staff, post-docs, and students publishing a peer-reviewed article within an open access journal.", announced [https://uaatwork.arizona.edu/uannounce/open-access-publishing-fund October, 2015].
**Supported journals must be included in both the [https://doaj.org/ Directory of Open Access Journals] and [http://oaspa.org/ Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association].
**Maximum award of "$3,000 per article".
 
*[http://www.arthritisresearchuk.org/ Arthritis Research UK]
**Funding available in connection to the [http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/About-us/Policy/Spotlight-issues/Open-access/Charity-open-access-fund/index.htm Charity Open Access Fund (COAF)] as of October 2014.
**Encouraged CC-BY licensing for publications funded by Arthritis Research UK; required CC-BY licensing for publications funded through larger [http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/About-us/Policy/Spotlight-issues/Open-access/Charity-open-access-fund/index.htm Charity Open Access Fund (COAF)] fund.
**Required deposit in [http://plus.europepmc.org/ Europe PMC] for publications "wholly or partially funded by Arthritis Research UK", "no later than six months after publication.".
 
*[http://www.aston.ac.uk/ Aston University]
**[http://www.aston.ac.uk/ Aston University] maintains separate funding criteria for individual university schools, including [http://www.aston.ac.uk/EasySiteWeb/GatewayLink.aspx?alId=280010 Aston Business School (ABS)], [http://www.aston.ac.uk/EasySiteWeb/GatewayLink.aspx?alId=280011 School of Engineering & Applied Science (EAS)], [http://www.aston.ac.uk/EasySiteWeb/GatewayLink.aspx?alId=280012 School of Life & Health Sciences (LHS)], [http://www.aston.ac.uk/EasySiteWeb/GatewayLink.aspx?alId=280013 School of Languages & Social Sciences (LSS)], and [http://www.aston.ac.uk/EasySiteWeb/GatewayLink.aspx?alId=280014 Aston Medical School (AMS)].
**Included Aston University schools maintain selective funding processes, available to  "4*" and conditionally "3*" publications.
**Criteria dated May 2016 across all schools; institutional funding referenced as early as [http://theblogworm.blogspot.com/2014/05/open-access-publishing-growing-area-at.html May 2014].
**Required "REF returnable" status.
**Reviews excluding "systematic reviews that include novel findings" ineligible for funding across all schools, excluding [http://www.aston.ac.uk/aston-business-school/ Aston Business School (ABS)].
 
== B ==
 
*[https://www.uni-bamberg.de/en/ University of Bamberg]
**[https://www.uni-bamberg.de/en/ub/publishing/open-access-publishing/open-access-funds/ Fund] available to members of the [https://www.uni-bamberg.de/en/ University of Bamberg].
**Limited to fully OA publications.
**Maximum award of 2,000€.
 
* [http://www.ub.edu/web/ub/en/index.html? Universitat de Barcelona]
** The [http://www.ub.edu/gaper/gapeicat.html fund] was [http://convocatories.ub.es/cgi-bin/veurereg.cgi?G_USCODI=5202&G_ENTORN=CEMA&IDNC=201009011018490&G_LLISTA=cerca&G_CODI=1035 announced] in July 2010 and began accepting applications on September 1, 2010.
** The U of Barcelona is a member of the [http://www.oacompact.org/ Compact for Open-Access Publishing Equity] (COPE).
** The fund will not pay publication fees at hybrid OA journals.
 
*[https://www.uni-bayreuth.de/en/index.html University of Bayreuth]
**The [http://www.ub.uni-bayreuth.de/en/digitale_bibliothek/open_access/index.html Open-Access Publishing Fund of the University of Bayreuth] is available to [https://www.uni-bayreuth.de/en/index.html University of Bayreuth] corresponding or submitting authors.
**Fund operates with support form the [http://www.dfg.de/en/ Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)], renewed in [http://www.ub.uni-bayreuth.de/de/news_archiv/OA-Publikationsfonds/index.html 2013].
**Funded "publication fees should not exceed a maximum of 2.000 Euro per article.".
**Funder acknowledgement encouraged.
 
* [http://http://www.uib.no/ Universitetet i Bergen]
** The [https://www.uib.no/ub/en/services/scientific-publishing/publication-fund-for-open-access-at-the-university-of-bergen fund] at the University of Bergen started to accept applications in October 2013.
** Corresponding authors from the university can apply to cover APC for accepted peer reviewed articles in Open Access journals and hybrid Open Access.
** It is also possible to apply to cover author payment for other types of scientific material, like books.
 
* [http://www.fu-berlin.de/en/index.html Freie Universität Berlin]
** The [http://www.fu-berlin.de/sites/open_access/dienstleistungen/publikationsfonds/index.html fund] was launched in 2012 with a grant from Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft through the [http://www.dfg.de/foerderung/programme/infrastruktur/lis/lis_foerderangebote/open_access_publizieren/ program “open access publishing”] to support university OA journal funds. The DFG supplies 75% of the fund, and the university 25%. 
** The fund limit is EUR 2,000 per article.
** The fund covers only articles in full open access journals and will not pay fees at hybrid OA journals.
** The fund will only pay for articles in peer reviewed journals included in the DOAJ.
** The fund will only pay for articles for which the 'submitting author' or 'corresponding author' is from Freie Universität Berlin.
 
* [http://www.uni-bielefeld.de/%28en%29/index_international.html Universität Bielefeld]
** The [http://oa.uni-bielefeld.de/en/publikationsfonds.html fund] was launched in 2009 with a grant from Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft through the [http://www.dfg.de/foerderung/programme/infrastruktur/lis/lis_foerderangebote/open_access_publizieren/ program “open access publishing”] and has been renewed each year since.
** The fund limit is EUR 2,000 per article.
** The fund covers only articles in full and immediate open access journals and will not pay fees at hybrid OA journals.
** The fund will only pay for articles for which the 'submitting author' or 'corresponding author' is from Bielefeld University.
** A standard acknowledgment of the fund's support must appear in the published article.
 
* [http://www.bc.edu/ Boston College]
** The [http://libguides.bc.edu/oafund Boston College Open Access Fund] covers the cost of publication fees associated with open access journals
** Awards available for all Boston College faculty, researchers, and enrolled students without external funding to cover costs
** Eligible journals needs to be peer-reviewed, fully open access, with publicly available standard article fee schedules, and a policy of waving fees under economic hardship.
** All articles published with funding from Boston College Open Access Fund must be deposited in the [http://www.bc.edu/libraries/collections/eScholarshipHome/ eScholarship@BC repository]
** Annual funding limit per person of $3000
** The [http://doaj.org/ Directory of Open Access Journals], the [http://oaspa.org/membership/code-of-conduct/ Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association] as well as the [http://scholarlyoa.com/publishers/ watch list] of publishers with suspicious practices will be consulted in order to determine journal eligibility.
 
* [http://home.bournemouth.ac.uk/ Bournemouth University]
** The [http://blogs.bournemouth.ac.uk/research/files/2011/08/Open-Access-Fund-policy-180711.pdf fund] officially [http://blogs.bournemouth.ac.uk/research/2011/08/01/launch-of-the-bu-open-access-publication-fund/ launched] on August 1, 2011.
** The fund covers both full OA and hybrid OA fees.
** Authors may "apply for funds on multiple occasions during the academic year."
** It is explicitly stated that authors receiving funds "must adhere to the [http://www.bournemouth.ac.uk/library/researchers/documents/academic_publications_policy.pdf BU Citations and Repository Policy]".
 
* [http://www.brandeis.edu/ Brandeis University]
** The [http://scholcomm.brandeis.edu/open-access/brandeis-open-access-fund-description/ Brandeis LTS Open Access Fund] covers the cost of open access publishing frees for Brandeis faculty, staff, and enrolled students
** Covers 100% of fees associated with open access publishing, with a limit of $3000
** Funding is available for open access journals that do not charge fees to institutions, libraries, or individual readers to access content and do not have embargo periods, including members of the [http://oaspa.org/ Open Access Scholarly Publishing Association], journals listed in the [http://doaj.org/ Directory of Open Access Journals] that allows authors to retain distribution rights, and hybrid journals that allow authors to retain distribution rights
 
*[http://www.uni-bremen.de/en.html Universität Bremen]
**[http://www.suub.uni-bremen.de/literatur-verwalten/open-access-in-bremen/ Fund] awarded to Universität Bremen scientists, supporting advance payment and reimbursement options.
**Fund launched in 2010 in connection to [http://www.dfg.de/en/ Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft].
**"Open Choice" publication not eligible for funding.
 
*[https://www.bhf.org.uk/ British Heart Foundation]
**Funds available under the [https://www.bhf.org.uk/research/information-for-researchers/managing-your-grant/open-access-policy British Heart Foundation Open Access Policy], in connection to the [https://wellcome.ac.uk/funding/managing-grant/charity-open-access-fund Charity Open Access Fund (COAF)] as of October 2014 in addition to direct reimbursement of publication costs.
**Policy indicates required [http://europepmc.org/ Europe PMC] deposit "no later than 6 months after publication.".
 
* [http://www.brunel.ac.uk/ Brunel University]
** The [http://www.brunel.ac.uk/life/study/library/researcher/openaccess Brunel University Open Access Publishing Fund] was set up in 2009.
** Funds are available for both full OA or hybrid journals.
** Funded work is "expected to [be] deposit[ed]" in the [http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/1704/browse?type=title&submit_browse=Title Brunel University Research Archive], and "articles that are funded should request a Licence to publish from the relevant publisher rather than signing a standard copyright transfer agreement."
 
== C ==
 
* [http://www.ucalgary.ca/ University of Calgary]
** The [http://library.ucalgary.ca/services/-faculty/open-access/open-access-authors-fund-0 Open Access Authors Fund] was launched June 23, 2008.  This was the first OA journal fund at a Canadian University.
** Also see the [http://www.biomedcentral.com/download/info/CalgaryCaseStudyFinal.pdf BMC case study] on the Calgary fund (undated).
** Also see the [http://www.arl.org/sparc/publications/articles/mp-berkeley-calgary.shtml SPARC case study] on the Calgary fund (undated but September 2009).
** The fund will pay publication fees only of hybrid OA journals "''that reduce subscription fees in response to the take-up of their Open Access programs''" (December 2009).
 
*[http://universityofcalifornia.edu/ University of California]
**[http://osc.universityofcalifornia.edu/scholarly-publishing/open-access/open-access-funds/ Fund] available to University of California faculty, launched in [http://libraries.universityofcalifornia.edu/groups/files/cls/docs/UC%20Open%20Access%20Pilot%20Report%20FINAL%20072914.pdf 2012].
**Participating University of California institutions include: [http://www.berkeley.edu/ UC Berkeley], [https://www.ucdavis.edu/ UC Davis], [https://uci.edu/ UC Irvine], [http://www.ucmerced.edu/ UC Merced], [https://ucsd.edu/ UC San Diego], [https://www.ucsf.edu/ UC San Francisco], and [http://www.ucsb.edu/ UC Santa Barbara] listed below.
 
* [http://www.berkeley.edu/ University of California, Berkeley]
** The [http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/brii/ fund] was launched January 21, 2008.  Also see the [http://www.berkeley.edu/news/berkeleyan/2008/02/27_research.shtml second announcement], February 27, 2008.
** [http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/scholarlycommunication/oa_fees.html Page of fees] charged by selected fee-based OA journals.
** UC Berkeley is a member of the [http://www.oacompact.org/ Compact for Open-Access Publishing Equity] (COPE).
** Also see the [http://www.arl.org/sparc/publications/articles/mp-berkeley-calgary.shtml SPARC case study] on the Berkeley fund (undated but September 2009).
** Awards up to $300 of cost for open access articles (fee, immediate access, and unrestricted non-commercial reuse)
** The fund will pay publication fees of hybrid OA journals, but has a cap on the maximum to be paid of $1500 per article,  with four awards per author per fiscal year (December 2009).
** Also provides funding for publishers. Awards up to $3000 per calendar year for book publishers and up to $4000 per calendar year for open access journal publishers.
** The fund is part of the [http://www.cdlib.org/cdlinfo/2013/01/31/uc-libraries-announce-open-access-publishing-fund-pilot/ California Digital Library Open Access Publishing Fund].
 
*[https://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/ University of California, Davis Library]
**The [http://guides.lib.ucdavis.edu/openaccess/ UC Davis Open Access Fund] is available to "UC Davis Academic Senate, Academic Federation members, faculty, post-docs, residents, fellows, and graduate students who do not have grant funds that can be used for open access charges are eligible to apply for funds from the UC-OAF."
**Launched in 2012.
**Maximum award of $1,000 for publication in OA journals at a limit of "one article per author per year.".
 
*[https://www.lib.uci.edu/ University of California, Irvine Libraries]
**The [http://www.lib.uci.edu/uci-libraries-open-access-publishing-fund UCI Libraries Open Access Publishing Fund] supports "open access publishing charges for researchers who do not have grant funds available to cover them" available to "UC Irvine faculty, post-doctoral scholars, researchers, graduate students and staff".
**Pilot fund launched in 2013, ending in 2014 with continued application available for publication in [http://pubs.rsc.org/en/journals?key=title&value=current#Royal%20Society%20of%20Chemistry%20(RSC)%20journals Royal Society of Chemistry journals].
**Maximum award of $3,000 for publication in OA journals and $1,500 for publication in hybrid journals on a per-article basis, limited to "a cap of one article per author per year".
 
*[http://library.ucmerced.edu/ University of California, Merced Library]
**The [http://libguides.ucmerced.edu/c.php?g=15868&p=1220927 UC Merced Graduate Student/Postdoctoral Scholar OA Fund] functions to "support open access publishing costs for graduate students and postdoctoral scholars.".
**Pilot fund launched in January 2015, concluding in June 2015.
**Funding limits undefined.
 
* [http://www.ucsd.edu/ University of California, San Diego]
**  [http://ucsdchemopportunities.wordpress.com/2012/11/05/uc-san-diego-open-access-fund/ Announced] in November 2012, The [http://ucsd.libguides.com/openaccess/ fund] aim to "offset open access publishing charges for authors who do not have grant funds available to cover them".
** "The fund will pay up to $1000 per article in a fully open access journal (journals in which all articles are immediately available open access)." Articles in hybrid journals do not qualify for funding.
** The fund is available to UC San Diego faculty, graduate students, post-doctoral scholars, researchers, and staff. 
** The fund is part of the [http://www.cdlib.org/cdlinfo/2013/01/31/uc-libraries-announce-open-access-publishing-fund-pilot/ California Digital Library Open Access Publishing Fund] and is being run on a pilot basis.
 
* [http://www.ucsf.edu/ University of California, San Francisco]
**  The pilot [http://www.library.ucsf.edu/help/scholpub/oafund/ fund] aims to "cover open access publication fees for scholars who do not have grant or other funds available to cover them".
** "The fund will pay up to Up to $2,000 per article published in fully OA journals and up to $1,000 per article published in hybrid OA journal, restricted to one article per author, and two articles per lab during the pilot's timeframe. Find more eligibility criteria [http://www.library.ucsf.edu/help/scholpub/oafund/eligibility here].
** The fund is available to UC San Francisco faculty, graduate students, post-doctoral scholars, researchers, and staff. 
** The fund is part of the [http://www.cdlib.org/cdlinfo/2013/01/31/uc-libraries-announce-open-access-publishing-fund-pilot/ California Digital Library Open Access Publishing Fund] and is being run on a pilot basis.
** As of May 16, 2013, the fund is on hold due to its popularity, having already run out of its allocated funds.
 
*[http://www.ucsb.edu/ University of California, Santa Barbara]
**The [http://www.library.ucsb.edu/scholarly-communication/ucsb-open-access-fund UCSB Open Access Fund] is available to "UCSB faculty members, post-doctoral scholars, graduate students, researchers, lecturers, scientists, librarians, and other non-Senate academic appointees", supporting publication in open journals, and publication of open monigraphs, data, and conference proceedings.
**From July 2016 forward, "the UCSB Open Access Fund will only be accepting applications from assistant professors, post docs, and graduate students.".
**Fund pilot launched in [http://www.library.ucsb.edu/news/2012/11/open-access-fund-launched November 2012].
**Limited to publication in journals shown in the [https://doaj.org/ Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)], and "limited to authors with no external funding" available for OA publishing.
**Maximum award of $3,000 annually.
 
*[http://www.cancer.ca/en/region-selector-page/?url=%2fen%2f Canadian Cancer Society]
**Funding available in connection to the Canadian Cancer Society [http://www.cancer.ca/en/research/policies-and-administration/policies/open-access-policy/ Open Access Policy], active from July 2013 forward.
**Policy includes "support for any charges levied by publishers that are required to comply with this open access process. Such charges may be included as legitimate research expenses (fully justified as with all other expenses) in the budget of a research grant submission.".
**Funding limits undefined.
 
*[http://www.cfhi-fcass.ca/ Canadian Foundation for Healthcare Improvement (CFHI)]
**[http://www.cfhi-fcass.ca/Migrated/PDF/OpenAccesstoResearchOutputs.pdf Policy on Open Access Research Outputs] indicates fund availability in connection to submitted grant proposals, noting, "Expenses that researchers may incur related to having their submissions evaluated or published by open access or hybrid journals can be included as eligible expenses as of October 2008.".
**Organization [http://www.cfhi-fcass.ca/AboutUs/History.aspx formerly] known as Canadian Health Services Research Foundation (CHSRF).
 
*[http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/193.html Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)]
**Funding available as "an eligible expense under the [http://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/Professors-Professeurs/FinancialAdminGuide-GuideAdminFinancier/FundsUse-UtilisationSubventions_eng.asp Use of Grant Funds]", as outlined in the [http://www.science.gc.ca/default.asp?lang=En&n=F6765465-1 Tri-Agency Open Access Policy on Publications] dated February 2015, superseding the existing [http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/46068.html Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Open Access Policy] effective as of January 2008.
**Limited to "journals[s] that offers immediate open access or that offers open access on its website within 12 months. [http://www.science.gc.ca/default.asp?lang=En&n=F6765465-1]".
 
*[http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/ Cancer Research UK]
**Funding identified in larger [http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/funding-for-researchers/applying-for-funding/policies-that-affect-your-grant/policy-on-open-access Cancer Research UK Policy on Open Access], in connection to the [https://wellcome.ac.uk/funding/managing-grant/charity-open-access-fund Charity Open Access Fund (COAF)] beginning in October 2014.
**In addition, "Researchers that receive funding from us but are not based at an institution which receives support from the COAF may use any unspent grants to pay for APCs.".
**Required CC-BY license for publications covered by OA publication funds.
**Required funder acknowledgement and [https://europepmc.org/ Europe PMC] deposit "no later than 6 months after publication.".
 
*[http://carleton.ca/ Carleton University]
**The [https://library.carleton.ca/services/scholarly-communications/open-access/curie-fund Carleton University Research Impact Endeavour (CURIE) Fund] is available to "Carleton University faculty, post-doctoral fellows, graduate students and full-time professional staff" for "Articles accepted for publication after [https://library.carleton.ca/sites/default/files/about/projects/curie_final.pdf March 1, 2012]"; fund currently on hold.
** Funding limited to journals maintaining "reasonable article processing fees" for "eligible peer-reviewed open access journals for which no alternative funding is available.".
** Limited to publication in journals included in the [http://www.doaj.org/ Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)] which maintain [http://oaspa.org/ Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA)] membership or [http://oaspa.org/membership/code-of-conduct/ Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA) Code of Conduct] compliance including "a publicly available standard fee schedule" and waiver policy.
**Funding limited "$2500 per article for fully Open Access journals and a cap on any one author of $5000 per year.", including "one application can be made per article".
**Required note of [http://carleton.ca/ Carleton University] affiliation in funded publication.
 
*[http://www.cmu.edu/index.shtml/ Carnegie Mellon University]
** "To help level the playing field and encourage Carnegie Mellon authors to publish in open access journals, at the request of campus faculty the [http://search.library.cmu.edu/ University Libraries] has [http://search.library.cmu.edu/services/apc/ agreed], on an experimental basis and under certain conditions, to help CMU authors pay reasonable APCs to publish their peer-reviewed articles in open access journals."
** The fund payments are limited to $1,500 per article, and capped at £3,000 per author per fiscal year, conditional upon the type of OA journals being published in, and the article author's external funding status.
 
* [http://www.cern.ch/ CERN] (Conseil Européen pour la Recherche Nucléaire) (European Organization for Nuclear Research)
** The [http://library.web.cern.ch/library/OpenAccess/OpenAccessPolicy.html fund].
** CERN is a member of the [http://www.oacompact.org/ Compact for Open-Access Publishing Equity] (COPE).  See the [http://www.oacompact.org/news/2010/12/2/cern-joins-cope.html announcement] from December 2, 2010.
** The fund only supports full OA publications, "and not for so called 'hybrid' journals, which sell subscriptions and make part of their content available Open Access: the CERN Library has already paid for those journals, so Open Access fees cannot be covered."
 
*[http://www.chalmers.se/en/Pages/default.aspx Chalmers University of Technology] (Sweden)
** The [http://www.lib.chalmers.se/publicering/open-access/fond-foer-oa-publicering/ Fund for Open Access publishing] covers the costs of publication fees associated with publishing in OA journals
** Journals must be listed in the [http://doaj.org/ Directory of Open Access Journals]
** Authors must be employed at Chalmers and articles need to recognize the Open Access Fund
** Full text of the articles need to be uploaded in the [http://publications.lib.chalmers.se/ Chalmers Publication Library] at date of publication
 
*[http://www.uic.edu/ University of Illinois at Chicago]
**The [http://researchguides.uic.edu/c.php?g=252383&p=1683485 UIC Research Open Access Article Publishing Fund (ROAAP) Fund] is eligible to "University of Illinois at Chicago faculty, researchers, staff, post-docs, and students.".
**Awards "provide full coverage for OA fees under $600", "half of the OA publishing fee (up to $1,500) when the OA publishing fees is more than $600", and " “Open choice” or “paid access” fees -- up to $1500 per article", to journals meeting established standards.
**Grant funded research ineligible.
**Funded paper must be deposited in institutional repository [https://indigo.uic.edu/ INDIGO] and cite fund in the corresponding publication.
 
* [http://hslibrary.ucdenver.edu/ University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus - Health Sciences Library]
** [http://hslibrary.ucdenver.edu/open-access Open Access Fund] is available to students and early career professionals without additional grant funding to pay for any author processing charges associated with open access journals
** Awards of up to $1000
** Only eligible for open access journals that comply with [http://oaspa.org/membership/code-of-conduct/ Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA) Code of Conduct]
 
*[http://www.colorado.edu/libraries/ University of Colorado Boulder Libraries]
**[http://www.colorado.edu/libraries/research-assistance/open-access/open-access-fund Fund] available for "faculty, staff and students" of [http://www.colorado.edu/ University of Colorado Boulder].
**Maximum award of $2,000 per-article annually for articles published in an [http://oaspa.org/membership/code-of-conduct/ Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association Code of Conduct] compliant journal.
**Publication in hybrid journals not eligible for funding.
 
*[http://www.colostate.edu/ Colorado State University, Fort Collins]:[http://libguides.colostate.edu/oars/ Open Access Research and Scholarship (OARS)] Fund
** "[http://facultycouncil.colostate.edu/index.asp?url=committees_chairs/ CSU Faculty Council Committee on Libraries], has allocated $45,000 to establish the Open Access fund", to "encourage submission and reduce barriers to open access publishing as a scholarly communications option".
** CSU tenured and tenure-track faculty are eligible for up to $2,500 of support per year, under certain [http://libguides.colostate.edu/oars#funding/ conditions].
 
* [http://www.columbia.edu/ Columbia University]
** The [http://scholcomm.columbia.edu/coap-fund fund] was launched on February 1, 2010.
** Columbia is a member of the [http://www.oacompact.org/ Compact for Open-Access Publishing Equity] (COPE).
** The fund will not pay publication fees of hybrid OA journals (February 2010).
** The maximum the fund will cover for a "single article is $3,000"; for a multiauthor work, "each eligible author can apply for reimbursement for a prorated portion of the publication fee."
** Complete guidelines are [http://scholcomm.columbia.edu/services/coap-fund/#coapfund1 provided].
 
*[http://www.concordia.ca/ Concordia University]
**The [http://library.concordia.ca/help/open-access/author-fund.php Concordia Open Access Author Fund] supports publication in open journals and monographs for "all full-time and part-time faculty members, staff, currently registered graduate students, and postdoctoral fellows affiliated with Concordia.".
**Funding available from June 2011 forward.
**Maximum award of $3,000 capped at two funding requests annually.
**Subscription based and hybrid publications are not eligible for funding.
**Funding limited to journals included in the [https://doaj.org/ Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)] that maintain membership with the [http://oaspa.org/ Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association] or are [http://oaspa.org/membership/code-of-conduct/ Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association Code of Conduct] compliant and support fee waiver.
**Mandatory deposit in institutional repository, [http://spectrum.library.concordia.ca/ Spectrum].
 
*[http://uconn.edu/ University of Connecticut]
**The [http://uchc.libguides.com/c.php?g=377231&p=2552574 University of Connecticut Open Access Author Fund] is "available to any [http://uconn.edu/ University of Connecticut] faculty, post‐doctoral researcher, staff member, or graduate student author.", acting as corresponding author.
**Limited to publication in journals shown in the [https://doaj.org/ Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)], maintaining [http://oaspa.org/ Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA)] membership or [http://oaspa.org/membership/code-of-conduct/  Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association OASPA Code of Conduct] compliance in addition to maintaining a "publicly available a standard article fee schedule". Hybrid publications ineligible for funding.
**Maximum award of $1,250 per-article and $2,500 for each author or research group annually.
**Mandatory inclusion of author [http://uconn.edu/ University of Connecticut] affiliation in funded publication.
**Mandatory deposit in institutional repository, [http://digitalcommons.uconn.edu/ DigitalCommons@UConn].
 
* [http://www.cornell.edu/ Cornell University]
** The [http://www.library.cornell.edu/compact/ fund] was launched September 15, 2009.
** Cornell is a member of the [http://www.oacompact.org/ Compact for Open-Access Publishing Equity] (COPE).
** The fund will not pay publication fees of hybrid OA journals (December 2009).
** The maximum the fund will cover for a "single article is $3,000"; for multiauthor works, "each author is responsible for a prorated portion of any publishing fees."
 
== D ==
 
* [http://www.Dartmouth.edu/ Dartmouth College]
** The [http://www.dartmouth.edu/~library/schcomm/OACompact.html fund] was launched September 15, 2009.
** Dartmouth is a member of the [http://www.oacompact.org/ Compact for Open-Access Publishing Equity] (COPE).
** The fund will not pay publication fees of hybrid OA journals.
** The maximum the fund will pay per article is $3,000; for multiauthor works, "an individual author’s support will be set at a prorated portion of the publication fee, which will be set by dividing the fee by the number of authors."
 
* [http://www.tudelft.nl/ Delft University of Technology]
** In October 2010, the [http://www.library.tudelft.nl/en/support/researchers/publishing-support/open-access-fund/ fund] [http://www.openaccess.nl/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=201:tu-delft-open-access-journal-mechanical-sciences-launched&catid=1:news-archive started to pay] the production costs of Delft-published peer-reviewed OA journals.
** The fund covers journal articles, book chapters, and books.
** Fund recipients must "ensure that the subsidised publication will be registered in [https://intranet.tudelft.nl/live/pagina.jsp?id=f10d105f-f055-4fd7-aa3c-3432396ffcc6&lang=en Metis]."
 
*[http://www.dfg.de/en/ Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)]
**The [http://www.dfg.de/en/research_funding/programmes/infrastructure/lis/funding_opportunities/open_access_publishing/index.html Open-Access Publishing Programme] "supports research universities in the establishment of publication funds" for [http://www.dfg.de/formulare/12_20/12_20_en.pdf 12 month] periods with potential for renewal, available to institutions based in Germany [http://www.dfg.de/formulare/12_20/12_20_en.pdf].
**Funded institutions "must contribute a fixed share of the requested funding volume" to a sum of "at least 25% of the publication funding calculated for the proposal year" as identified in fund [http://www.dfg.de/formulare/12_20/12_20_en.pdf guidelines].
**Limited to publication in fully OA journals maintaining fees up to 2,000€; publication in subscription based journals ineligible [http://www.dfg.de/formulare/12_20/12_20_en.pdf].
**Limited  submitting and corresponding authors affiliated with included universities.
 
*[https://www.uni-due.de/ Universität Duisburg-Essen]
**[https://www.uni-due.de/ub/open_access.shtml Fund] launched in 2016.
**Fund limited to Universität Duisburg-Essen members acting as an author for the funded publication.
**Maximum award of 50% of publication charge capped at 1,000€, limited to journals included in the [https://doaj.org/ Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)].
 
* [http://www.duke.edu/ Duke University]
** The [http://library.duke.edu/openaccess/cope.html fund] was [http://www.dukenews.duke.edu/2010/10/open_access.html announced] on October 4, 2010.
** Duke is a member of the [http://www.oacompact.org/ Compact for Open-Access Publishing Equity] (COPE).
** Funds may only be spent on articles in full (not hybrid) OA journals, journals listed in the [http://www.doaj.org/ DOAJ], and journals published by members of the [http://www.oaspa.org/ Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association].  Funds are not available to authors who could use grant money to pay the same publication fees.
** Funds are available to Duke faculty, post-docs, and graduate and professional students.
** Individual authors may not receive more than $3,000/year from the fund.  Apart from that, "reimbursement is on a first come, first served basis up until the funding for a given year is exhausted."
 
*[http://www.dunhillmedical.org.uk/page/default.asp?title=welcome&pid=1 Dunhill Medical Trust]
**Fund available in connection to the [http://www.dunhillmedical.org.uk/_files/D7F0395691A12397B44F6F3E1C5A4028.pdf Dunhill Medical Trust Open Access Policy] last dated July 2014, noting that "Grant holders may apply to DMT for a contribution towards the valid costs of open access fees levied by publishers" but must include both evidence of publisher acceptance and invoice.
**Maximum award varied by grant size by the following limits:
***Under £50,000 =  £1,000
***Between  £50,000 and £100,000 =  £2,000
***Above £100,000 = £3,000
**For publications with multiple funders, "DMT will only pay a percentage of the APC in line with the percentage of the funds that have been provided by DMT to support the research.".
**Deposit mandated by [http://www.dunhillmedical.org.uk/_files/users/Sarah/openaccessnov2012.pdf Dunhill Medical Trust Open Access Policy].
 
* [http://www.hhu.de/ Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf]
** The [http://www.openaccess.hhu.de/open-access-fonds.html fund] was [http://www.uni-duesseldorf.de/home/universitaet/weiterfuehrend/pressebereich/pressemeldungen/pressearchiv/news-detailansicht/article/hhu-und-dfg-unterstuetzen-open-access-publikationen.html?cHash=12fe9d8d3e94720a8f262ad6eff20275 announced] on October 20, 2011.
** Funds may only be spent on articles in full (not hybrid) OA journals, journals listed in the [http://www.doaj.org/ DOAJ].
** The fund limit is € 2,000 per article.
** Funds are limited to articles for which the "'submitting author' or 'corresponding author'" is from Heinrich Heine University.
 
== E ==
*[http://www.epfl.ch/ Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)]
**[http://library.epfl.ch/OA_Support/en Fund] available to EPFL authors from 2016 forward.
**Maximum award of 2,500 CHF.
**Eligible journals for publication are shown in the [https://doaj.org/ Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)] or the [http://oaspa.org/ Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA)]; publication in hybrid journals ineligible for funding.
**Institutional membership to [https://www.plos.org/ Public Library of Science (PLoS)] funds full publication fees of PLoS journals; available to EPFL corresponding authors.
**Supports access to publication discounts for multiple publishers.
 
*[http://ec.europa.eu/index_en.htm European Commission]
**[https://www.openaire.eu/postgrantoapilot Fund] available to "support Open Access publications arising from FP7 projects" meeting identified [https://www.openaire.eu/postgrantoapilot guidelines].
**[https://www.openaire.eu/postgrantoapilot Fund] operating under [https://www.openaire.eu/pilot-launched-to-cover-costs-of-oa-publishing OpenAire2020 "Funding Open Access for Post-Grant FP7 Publications"]  launched [https://www.openaire.eu/postgrantoapilot January 2015] and "will run until the funding is exhausted, but for no longer than two years (until the end of [https://www.openaire.eu/postgrantoapilot April 2017]).".
**Maximum award of 2,000€, limited to 3 openly licensed and peer reviewed publications funded publications in connection to a given FP7 project; hybrid publication ineligible[https://www.openaire.eu/postgrantoapilot].
**Required deposit of publisher-provided PDF of funded publication into "[https://www.openaire.eu/participate/deposit-publications-data OpenAIRE-compliant repository]" and must include "At least one additional format that allows text and data mining". Deposit metadata must include licensing info relating to funded publication[https://www.openaire.eu/postgrantoapilot].
**Required DOI in addition to funder acknowledgement in publication and corresponding deposit metadata[https://www.openaire.eu/postgrantoapilot].
 
*[https://erc.europa.eu/ European Research Council (ERC)]
**[https://erc.europa.eu/faq/13290 Funds] available as eligible costs included in larger grant funds, "if they are incurred during the lifetime of the project and provided that they are in line with the requirements for direct costs as listed in Article II.14 of the General Conditions of the ERC Grant Agreement ([http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/data/ref/fp7/91910/fp7-lga-annex2mono_en.pdf Single] and [http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/data/ref/fp7/92042/fp7-lga-annex2multi_en.pdf Multi-Beneficiary])."
**Required repository deposit. [https://erc.europa.eu/faq/13292]
 
* [http://www.uni-erlangen.de/ University of Erlangen-Nürnberg]
** The [http://www.ub.uni-erlangen.de/open-access/ fund] was launched in 2010.
** The fund will not pay fees at hybrid OA journals.
** The fund will be rewarded to the "'submitting' or 'corresponding author'" of a work, if from the University of Erlangen-Nürnberg.
** The fund awards a maximum of € 2,000.00 per article.
 
* [http://www.ethz.ch/ ETH Zurich] (Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich)
** The [http://www.open-access.ethz.ch/oazurich/policy_EN fund] was launched in 2008.
** The fund will not pay fees at hybrid OA journals using the double-charge model (December 2009).
 
* [http://www.emory.edu/ Emory University]
** The [http://open.library.emory.edu/authors/oa-fund/ fund] was launched on September 1, 2012.
** The fund will not pay publication fees of hybrid OA journals.
** The maximum the fund will cover for a single article is $1,500; for a multi-author work, each eligible Emory author can apply for reimbursement for a prorated portion of the publication fee.
** Funds are available to Emory faculty, post-docs, graduate and professional students, and undergraduate students.
** Funded works must be deposited into the University's repository, [http://open.library.emory.edu/ OpenEmory].
** Complete guidelines are [http://open.library.emory.edu/authors/oa-fund/ provided].
 
* [http://www.exeter.ac.uk/ University of Exeter]
** The [http://as.exeter.ac.uk/library/resources/openaccess/whatisopenaccess/gettinghelpwithopenaccesspublishingatexeter/ fund] is a pilot project in 2012.
** The fund is partially supported by the [http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/ Wellcome Trust], so "Wellcome-funded researchers [are encouraged] to apply for funds."
 
== F ==
 
*[http://www.fiu.edu/ Florida International University]
**The [http://libguides.fiu.edu/c.php?g=203753&p=1344033 Open Access Publishing Fund] is available to "Any FIU Faculty member or doctoral candidate", including eligible postdoctoral authors.
**[http://libguides.fiu.edu/c.php?g=203753&p=1344033 Fund] launched in 2013 and active through August 2015. The fund is currently suspended from 2016 - 2017.
**Maximum award of $3,000 for publication in fully OA journals, and a limit of $1,500 for publication in hybrid journals. For publications with more than one author, "Each eligible author can apply for a prorated portion of the article processing fees.".
**Fund maintains list of [http://libguides.fiu.edu/OAP/publishers approved publishers] for funded publications.
**Encouraged deposit in institutional repository, [http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/ FIU Digital Commons].
 
* [https://www.fsu.edu/ Florida State University]
** The [https://www.lib.fsu.edu/tads/open-access-fund Open Access Publishing Fund] supports publishing costs for eligible open access journals and books where external funding is not available
** Awards given to Florida State University faculty, post-docs, researchers, and enrolled students
** Limited to one fund reimbursement per year with preference given to authors not previously funded
** Maximum reimbursement of $1,500
** Only available for publishers who are listed in the [http://doaj.org/ Directory of Open Access Journals] (DOAJ), the [http://www.doabooks.org/ Directory of Open Access Books] (DOAB), or members of the [http://oaspa.org/ Open Access Scholarly Publisher's Association] (OASPA)
** All publications funded through the Open Access Publishing Fund must be depositing in [http://diginole.lib.fsu.edu/ DigiNole Commons], Florida State University's digital repository.
 
* [http://www.ufl.edu/ University of Florida]
** The [http://www.uflib.ufl.edu/oa/procedures.pdf fund] became operational on July 1, 2010, and has been extended through the 2012-2013 fiscal year.
** The fund will award an author "$3,000 per year," with $3,000 awarded to full OA publications and 1,500 awarded to hybrid OA publications.
** Fund awards for multiauthor works are prorated.
** The "post-review, final draft of the article [must be posted] to UF’s institutional repository" for funded works.
 
*[http://www.telethon.it/en/ Fondazione Telethon]
**[http://www.telethon.it/en/research/for-researchers/open-access/policy Funds] available to support publications originally ineligible for [https://europepmc.org/ Europe PMC] deposit, as outlined in connection to the [http://www.telethon.it/en/ Fondazione Telethon] [http://www.telethon.it/en/research/for-researchers/open-access/policy Open Access Policy].
**Available to publications in connection to [http://www.telethon.it/en/ Fondazione Telethon] funded research, appearing in an English language journal.
**Requested CC-BY licensing for funded publications and required "immediate deposit in PMC and Europe PMC".
 
* [http://www.fraunhofer.de/en/index.jsp Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft]
** Launched in Summer 2008. Current status is unknown.  [http://open-access.net/fileadmin/oa-net-work/workshop2/oa-net-workshop-HH2009-VorstellungFraunhofer.pdf Source].
 
*[https://www.uni-freiburg.de/ University of Freiburg]
**Fund available to University of Freiburg authors acting as submitting or corresponding author to publication.
**Fund operates in connection to [http://www.dfg.de/en/ Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)].
**Limited to publication fees up to 2,000€; hybrid publication ineligible for funding.
**Mandatory funder acknowledgement and deposit in institutional repository, [https://www.freidok.uni-freiburg.de/ FreiDok plus].
 
*[http://www2.frs-fnrs.be/index.php Fund for Scientific Research (FNRS)]
**[http://www2.frs-fnrs.be/en/index.php/open-access-en Funds] available for "F.R.S.-FNRS Grants, CDR, and PDR recipients to claim the costs of immediate publication in OA journals" beginning in February 2014.
**Maximum award of 500€ per-article [http://www2.frs-fnrs.be/en/index.php/open-access-en].
 
== G ==
 
*[http://www.gmu.edu/ George Mason University]
** The [http://scholarly.gmu.edu/?page_id=549 Mason Open Access Publishing Fund] was launched in October 2012.
** Funds may be requested to publish in reputable full OA and eligible hybrid journals.
** The fund maximum award is $3,000 per article, with an annual cap of $3,000 per author. Multi-authored works are pro-rated.
** Recipients of grant funds that may be used to pay OA publishing fees are asked not to apply.
** A statement of acknowledgment is required in the article.
** Funded works must be deposited into MARS, the university's digital repository.
 
*[https://www.uni-goettingen.de/en/1.html University of Göttingen]
**[https://www.sub.uni-goettingen.de/en/electronic-publishing/open-access/open-access-publication-funding/ Fund] launched in 2012.
**Limited to authors whom are a "researcher at Göttingen University as well as the corresponding or submitting author of the publication. [https://www.sub.uni-goettingen.de/fileadmin/media/texte/informationsversorgung_z/epu/publfund_flyer_en_final_131209.pdf]".
**Publication limited to fully OA journals; subscription based journals are ineligible for funding.
**Retroactive reimbursement available.
**Maximum award varied by fee:
***Up to 2,000€: Fully funded by [http://www.dfg.de/foerderung/programme/infrastruktur/lis/lis_awbi/open_access/gefoerderte_projekte/index.html Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)].
***Over 2,000€: Funded by the [https://www.propag-ageing.eu/consortium/consortium/university-medical-center-of-goettingen-umg-goe University Medical Center of Goettingen (UMG-GOE)] up to 5,000€.
 
*[http://www.gvsu.edu/ Grand Valley State University]
** The [http://libguides.gvsu.edu/content.php?pid=244156&sid=2017089 Open Access Publishing Support Fund] was launched in September 2011.
** The fund covers both full OA and hybrid publications that do not have an embargo period.
** The fund maximum award is "$3,000 per year," and funding for multiauthor works is prorated.
** Grand Valley State University must appear as the fund-awarded author's affiliation.
** Funded works must be deposited into the University's repository.
 
== H ==
 
*[https://www.tuhh.de/alt/tuhh/startpage.html Hamburg University of Technology]
**[https://www.tub.tuhh.de/en/publishing/openaccess/publishing-fund/ Fund] available to Hamburg University of Technology corresponding or submitting authors, launched in 2013 in coordination with [http://www.dfg.de/en/ Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)].
**Limited to publication in fully OA journals with publication costs up to 2,000€.
**Funded publication must contain funder acknowledgement.
 
*[https://www.bi.no/ Handelshøyskolen (BI)]
**[https://www.bi.no/bibliotek/For-faglig-ansatte/Open-access/ Fund] available to [https://www.bi.no/ Handelshøyskolen (BI)] employees and Ph.D. candidates publishing as corresponding author; some flexibility available for other [https://www.bi.no/ Handelshøyskolen (BI)] affiliated authors; required affiliation acknowledgment in supported publication [https://www.bi.no/BibliotekFiles/_nedlastingsfiler/OA%20publ%20retningslinjer%202015_rev.pdf].
**Fund [https://www.bi.no/BibliotekFiles/_nedlastingsfiler/OA%20publ%20retningslinjer%202015_rev.pdf guidelines] last revised August 2015.
**Support limited to publications included in the [https://dbh.nsd.uib.no/publiseringskanaler/Forside.action?request_locale=en NSD] at levels 1 or 2 and the [https://doaj.org/ Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)] publishing under a Creative Commons license [https://www.bi.no/BibliotekFiles/_nedlastingsfiler/OA%20publ%20retningslinjer%202015_rev.pdf]. Hybrid publication ineligible for funding.
**Required deposit in institutional repository, [https://brage.bibsys.no/xmlui//handle/11250/92926?locale=no BI Brage].
 
* [http://www.uni-hannover.de Leibniz Universität Hannover]
** The [http://www.tib.uni-hannover.de/en/advice-and-service/digitales-publizieren/reimbursement-of-open-access-publishing-costs.html fund] was launched in 2013 with support from Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft.
** The fund covers only articles in full open access journals and will not pay fees at hybrid OA journals.
** The fund will only pay for articles in peer reviewed journals, e.g. journals included in the DOAJ.
** The fund limit is EUR 2,000 per article.
** The fund will only pay for articles for which the 'submitting author' or 'corresponding author' is from Leibniz Universität Hannover.
** The fund will only pay for articles "if all alternative sources of finance have been exhausted, particularly when publishing results obtained from third party-funded research".
** The fund must be acknowledged in the published article.
 
* [http://www.harvard.edu/ Harvard University]
** The [http://osc.hul.harvard.edu/HOPE/ Harvard Open-Access Publication Equity Fund (HOPE) fund] was launched on September 15, 2009.
** Harvard is a member of the [http://www.oacompact.org/ Compact for Open-Access Publishing Equity] (COPE).
** The fund will only pay fees on articles "for which no alternative funding is available" (e.g. from the author's funding agency).
** The fund will not pay publication fees at hybrid OA journals (December 2009).
** Annual funding is capped at $3,000 per author, with multiple authors being "responsible for a prorated portion of any publishing fees" on a shared work.
 
*[http://www.heartandstroke.com/site/c.ikIQLcMWJtE/b.2796497/k.F922/Heart_Disease_Stroke_and_Healthy_Living.htm Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada]
**Funding available in connection to the [http://www.hsf.ca/research/en/hsf-open-access-research-outputs-policy-guidelines HSF Open Access to Research Outputs Policy] applying to funded research publications from June 2010 forward.
**Policy maintained by the [http://www.heartandstroke.com/site/c.ikIQLcMWJtE/b.2796497/k.F922/Heart_Disease_Stroke_and_Healthy_Living.htm Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada] "covers expenses that researchers reasonably may incur related to publishing in Open Access or hybrid scholarly journals.".
**Under the connected policy, "the full text of all final peer-reviewed manuscripts accepted for publication are freely accessible through the Publisher's website or an online repository within six months of publication date.", including mandatory research data deposit.
**Funding limits undefined.
 
* [http://www.uni-heidelberg.de/index_e.html Heidelberg University]
** The [http://www.umm.uni-heidelberg.de/apps/bibl/mwbnews/?p=6165 Heidelberg Open Access Publication Fund] was created in 2013
** Covers the cost of publication fees for academics employed at the university
** Eligible articles are accepted into journals that provide free access to their articles immediately upon publishing
** Awards of up to €2,000 per year
** For 2014, the [http://www.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/service/openaccess/publikationsfonds.html fund] will have a total of €121,000
 
* [http://www.hzdr.de/ Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR)]
** The fund was launched in April 2011, administrated by the library.
** The fund limit is EUR 3,000 per article.
** The fund does not cover hybrid journals fees.
** The fund will only pay for articles in peer reviewed journals included in the DOAJ.
** Funding is available to submitting or corresponding authors from HZDR.
 
* [http://www.helsinki.fi/university/index.html University of Helsinki]
** The institution's [http://www.helsinki.fi/ejulkaiseminen/rinnakkaistallennus/pdf-tiedostot/decision260508_eng.pdf OA policy], adopted June 5, 2008, includes a willingness to pay publication fees at fee-based OA journals.
 
* [https://www.uni-hohenheim.de/ University of Hohenheim].
** The [https://ub.uni-hohenheim.de/85176.html fund] was approved December 10, 2010, with a grant from the [http://www.dfg.de/foerderung/info_wissenschaft/abgelaufene_ausschreibungen/info_wissenschaft_10_01/index.html DFG's program to support university OA journal funds].  The DFG supplies 75% of the fund, and the university 25%.
** The fund does not cover fees at hybrid journals.
** Funds are available for fees through September 2013.
** The maximum fund amount paid per article is $2000, which is available to articles published "between 07.10.2011 and 30.09.2013."
 
* [http://www2.hull.ac.uk/ University of Hull]
** [http://www2.hull.ac.uk/lli/library-services/openaccesspublishing.aspx Open Access Publishing Pilot] supports open access publications by researchers at the University of Hull
** £2500 deposited at [https://peerj.com/ PeerJ] and [http://sgo.sagepub.com/ SAGE] available for University of Hull researchers at a first-come, first-serve basis
 
*[http://www.hfsp.org/ Human Frontier Science Program]
**Publication funding availability expressed in [http://www.hfsp.org/funding/open-access-policy HFSP Open Access Statement], approved March 2014.
**Funding recipients permitted to use provided funds toward costs associated with OA publication.
 
== I ==
 
*[https://www.ulib.iupui.edu/digitalscholarship/oafund Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis] (IUPUI)
** The Open Access Publishing Fund was established in [http://news.iupui.edu/releases/2013/09/open-access-fund.shtml 2013] as a pilot program
** Available to IUPUI faculty until 2015
** Provides $47,000 to underwrite publication charges in fee-based, peer-reviewed, open access journals
** Articles publishes through the fund will be available in the [https://scholarworks.iupui.edu/ IUPUIScholarWorks repository]
** Partially funded by the [http://www.ulib.iupui.edu/ University Library], the [http://research.iupui.edu/ovcr/ Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research], the [https://www.dentistry.iu.edu/ School of Dentistry], and the [http://mckinneylaw.iu.edu/ Robert H. McKinney School of Law].
 
*[http://www.imperial.ac.uk/ Imperial College London]
**[http://www.imperial.ac.uk/research-and-innovation/support-for-staff/scholarly-communication/open-access/research-funders-open-access-policies/ Funds] include [http://www.imperial.ac.uk/media/imperial-college/research-and-innovation/scholarly-communication/public/RCUK-fund-management-policy.pdf RCUK Open Access Fund], [https://wellcome.ac.uk/funding/managing-grant/charity-open-access-fund Charity Open Access Fund (COAF)], and [http://www.imperial.ac.uk/research-and-innovation/support-for-staff/scholarly-communication/open-access/applying-for-funding/ Imperial Open Access Fund].
**[http://www.imperial.ac.uk/media/imperial-college/research-and-innovation/scholarly-communication/public/RCUK-fund-management-policy.pdf RCUK Open Access Fund]
***Available to Imperial College London corresponding authors[http://www.imperial.ac.uk/research-and-innovation/support-for-staff/scholarly-communication/open-access/research-funders-open-access-policies/].
***Required publication under CC-BY license[http://www.imperial.ac.uk/research-and-innovation/support-for-staff/scholarly-communication/open-access/research-funders-open-access-policies/].
***Effective [http://www.imperial.ac.uk/media/imperial-college/research-and-innovation/scholarly-communication/public/RCUK-fund-management-policy.pdf May 2015].
**[https://wellcome.ac.uk/funding/managing-grant/charity-open-access-fund Charity Open Access Fund (COAF)]
***Required publication under CC-BY license[http://www.imperial.ac.uk/research-and-innovation/support-for-staff/scholarly-communication/open-access/research-funders-open-access-policies/].
***Established [https://wellcome.ac.uk/funding/managing-grant/charity-open-access-fund October 2014].
**[http://www.imperial.ac.uk/research-and-innovation/support-for-staff/scholarly-communication/open-access/applying-for-funding/ Imperial Open Access Fund]
***Available to "for authors who do not have eligible open access funding in their research award or whose work is not externally funded.".
***Required publication under Creative Commons license[http://www.imperial.ac.uk/research-and-innovation/support-for-staff/scholarly-communication/open-access/research-funders-open-access-policies/].
***Referenced as early as [http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/newsandeventspggrp/imperialcollege/administration/library/newssummary/news_12-4-2012-14-45-46 April 2012].
 
* [http://www.uiowa.edu/ University of Iowa]
** The University of Iowa's [http://guides.lib.uiowa.edu/content.php?pid=243634&sid=3701545/ Libraries and Provost's Open Access Fund] "to encourage the University community to consider publishing their research in Open Access journals".
** The fund will also support [https://peerj.com/ PeerJ memberships] for biological and medical scientists. PeerJ, as opposed to other open access publishers, charges a one-time membership fee rather than a per-article fee for authors.
** Administered by the [http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/ University Libraries], the fund allows for up to $3,000 for publication in full open access journals and $1,500 for publication in “hybrid” open access journals.
 
== J ==
 
* [http://www.uni-mainz.de/eng/ Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz]
** Fund launched in early 2013 after the university [http://www.uni-mainz.de/presse/16290_ENG_HTML.php/ declared its commitment] to OA in January 2013 by adopting the [http://oa.mpg.de/lang/en-uk/berlin-prozess/berliner-erklarung/ Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities].
** "The fund has been established to support open access publications and receives financial support from the [http://www.dfg.de/en/ German Research Foundation (DFG)].
** A total of €85,000 has been budgeted, with a €2,000 maximum per article. Additional criteria can be found [http://www.openaccess.uni-mainz.de/publikationsfonds-der-jgu/die-foerderkriterien/ here]. 
** The [http://www.ub.uni-mainz.de/eng/ University Library Mainz] has also "completed an institutional membership in the Open Access publisher [http://www.biomedcentral.com/ BioMed Central] for members of Mainz University and University Hospital. This gives researchers a discount of 15% handling fee on all items at [http://www.biomedcentral.com/ BioMed Central], [http://www.chemistrycentral.com/ Chemistry Central] and [http://www.springeropen.com/ SpringerOpen].
 
* [http://www.uni-giessen.de/uni/english/ Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen (JLU)]
** The [http://www.ub.uni-giessen.de/faqs/faqs.php?id=15 fund] was [http://www.uni-protokolle.de/nachrichten/id/213685/ announced] March 23, 2011.
** The fund will reimburse up to 100% of article processing charges or author charges in gold OA journals.
** Funding is available to submitting or corresponding authors of works that are members of JLU.
 
== K ==
 
*[http://www.k-state.edu/ Kansas State University]
**The [http://www.lib.k-state.edu/publishing-fund K-State Open Access Publishing Fund (KOAPF)] was launched in [http://www.k-state.edu/today/announcement.php?id=16233&category=news&referredBy=todayRSSFeed January 2013].
**Maximum award of $3,000 annually, limited to one funded publication per-author, with some flexibility.
**Limited to Kansas State University authors acting as primary author or authors.
**Publication in hybrid journals are ineligible for funding.
**"Expected" deposit in institutional repository, [http://krex.k-state.edu/dspace/ K-REx], and include recognition of fund in publication acknowledgements
 
*[http://www.kumc.edu/ Kansas University]
** The Kansas Univeristy One-University Open Access Fund was launched in November 2012.
** The fund is a two-year pilot program which allocates $50,000 in two 25,000 annual budgets to "support KU authors who publish in open access journals".
** "KU, KUMC, and KU Law faculty, graduate students, post-docs and staff on the KU main campus in Lawrence and the Medical Center campus in Kansas City are eligible for funding".
** A funding allowance of $2,000 per article is allocated to cover processing fees. More details can be found [http://library.kumc.edu/authors-fund.xml/ here].
 
* [http://www.ku.edu/ University of Kansas]
** The [http://library.kumc.edu/authors-fund.xml fund] was [http://www.news.ku.edu/2012/october/22/oafund.shtml announced] on October 22, 2012 and will go live in November 2012.
** The fund is a 2-year pilot, "with a total of $50,000 to be shared across campuses.". Third year of pilot announced [https://lib.ku.edu/news/2014/oafund November 2014].
** Funding is available for [http://www.ku.edu/ University of Kansas] "faculty, graduate students, post-docs [or] staff".
** Maximum award of $1,500 per article, limited to one award per-author annually.
**Published works and publication in hybrid and delayed OA journals are ineligible for funding.
**Limited to publication in journals that maintain membership to the [http://oaspa.org/membership/members/ Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA)] or are [http://oaspa.org/membership/code-of-conduct/ OASPA Code of Conduct] compliant, and are included in the [https://doaj.org/ Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)].
**Funded publication deposited in [http://kuscholarworks.ku.edu/dspace/ KU Scholarworks].
 
* [http://www.kit.edu/kit/english/index.php/ Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)]
** The [http://www.bibliothek.kit.edu/cms/kit-publikationsfonds.php  fund] started in 2011, with a grant from the DFG's program to support university OA journal funds. The DFG supplies 75% of the fund, and the university 25%.
** The fund does not cover hybrid journal fees.
** Funding is available to submitting or corresponding authors from KIT.
** Funding is limited to publication charges that are a maximum of $2000.
 
*[http://www.uni-kassel.de University of Kassel]
**The [http://www.uni-kassel.de/ub/index.php?id=37384 Open Access Publication Fund] is available to [http://www.uni-kassel.de University of Kassel] affiliated submitting and corresponding authors, launched in 2013.
**Fund partially supported by [http://www.dfg.de/en/ Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)].
**Limited to publication in fully OA journals with fees up to 2,000€; hybrid publication ineligible.
 
*[https://www.wallenberg.com/kaw/en Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation]
**Available funding expressed in the [https://www.wallenberg.com/kaw/en Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation] [https://www.wallenberg.com/kaw/en/funding-guide/grant-policy Grant Policy].
**Publication costs may be included in initial funding application with mandatory deposit, writing "Research funded by the Foundation must be published with open access, that is, published articles must be archived in openly searchable databases. The additional cost for this can be taken up as a direct cost in project applications.".
 
*[https://www.uni-konstanz.de/ University of Konstanz]
**[http://www.ub.uni-konstanz.de/openaccess/open-access-publikationsfonds-der-universitaet-konstanz/ Fund] available to University of Konstanz corresponding or submitting authors as of January 2011.
**Fund limited to fully OA journals with publication costs to up 2,000€.
**Fund operating in coordination with [http://www.dfg.de/en/ Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)]
 
== L ==
*[http://www.leibniz-gemeinschaft.de/en/ Leibniz Association]
**The [http://www.leibniz-gemeinschaft.de/en/infrastructures/open-access/open-access-publishing-fund/ Leibniz Open Access Publishing Fund] is available to [http://www.leibniz-gemeinschaft.de/en/ Leibniz Association] submitting or corresponding authors as of January 2016.
**Maximum award of [http://www.leibniz-gemeinschaft.de/en/infrastructures/open-access/open-access-publishing-fund/funding-conditions/ 2,000€].
**Mandatory funder and Leibniz Association affiliation acknowledgement in funded publication.
**Limited to publication in fully OA journals, which "should be listed in the "[https://doaj.org/ Directory of Open Access Journals" (DOAJ)"].
**In addition, "If the article is not published under a Creative Commons license, a second publication right for institutional and subject-specific repositories must be granted by the publisher before the invoice can be paid.".
 
*[http://www.zv.uni-leipzig.de/ University of Leipzig]
**The [https://www.ub.uni-leipzig.de/1/open-access/publikationsfonds/ Open Access Publishing Fund] is available to [http://www.zv.uni-leipzig.de/ Leipzig University] authors.
**Fund launched in 2014 with in connection to [http://www.dfg.de/en/ Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)].
**Limited to publication in fully OA journals with a maximum APC of 2,000€.
**Fund acknowledgement encouraged in funded publication.
 
* [http://www.lu.se/ Lund University]
** The [http://www.lub.lu.se/en/publish/open-access/freely-accessible-journals/funding-for-article-processing-costs.html fund] was [http://www.arl.org/sparc/partner/lund-university-supports-publishing-in-oa-journals.shtml announced] in March 2009.  It was apparently launched January 2009.
** Also see the Jörgen Eriksson Lars Bjørnshauge [http://nile.lub.lu.se/ojs/index.php/sciecominfo/article/viewFile/1508/1243 article] about the fund in the January 2009 issue of ''ScieCom Info''.
** The fund will not pay publication fees of hybrid OA journals.
** Fund submissions before "2012-11-01" will be fully funded, while those after will receive "50% of the article publishing cost."
** Funding is available to corresponding authors from Lund with "an active LUCAT-id."
 
== M ==
 
* [http://www.manchester.ac.uk/ University of Manchester]
** The [http://manchesterinstituteofeducation.wordpress.com/2014/02/05/open-access-funding-for-article-processing-charges-apcs-still-available/ University APC funds] are provided by the [http://www.rcuk.ac.uk/ UK Research Councils] and [http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/ The Wellcome Trust]
**Available to all academics and research staff, including postdocs, research fellows, associates, and assistants, at the University of Manchester
** Supports gold access for articles or conference proceedings, meaning that the publisher makes the article available freely on their own website, the version of work available is the final version, and the published work is available online as soon as it is published.
 
* [http://umanitoba.ca/ University of Manitoba]
** The [http://umanitoba.ca/libraries/services/open_access/ Open Access Authors' Fund] is provided by the [http://umanitoba.ca/libraries/ Libraries at the University of Manitoba]. "The Libraries initially began supporting UM researchers OA fees for certain publishers in 2010/11. On October 22nd, 2012 they extended coverage to all open access journals that are eligible." See more information about eligibility [http://umanitoba.ca/libraries/services/open_access/ here].
** The fund is open to all faculty, staff, graduate students, and postdoctoral researchers at the University of Manitoba
** The fund supports one OA fee up to the maximum of $3,000 CAD per applicant per fiscal year.
 
*[http://www.lib.umd.edu/ University of Maryland Libraries]
**The [http://www.lib.umd.edu/oa/openaccessfund UMD Open Access Publishing Fund] "improves access to research produced at the University of Maryland", launched in [http://www.lib.umd.edu/news/2014/10/open-access-fund 2013].
**Maximum award of $3,000, limited to one article annually.
**Publication in subscription based, hybrid, and delayed OA journals not supported by fund.
**Mandatory deposit in institutional repository, [http://drum.lib.umd.edu/ DRUM (Digital Repository at the University of Maryland)].
 
*[http://www.umass.edu/ University of Massachusetts, Amherst]
**The [http://www.library.umass.edu/services/writing-and-publication/soar-fund/ SOAR Fund] (acronym for "Supporting Open Access Research"), "supports open access publication of University of Massachusetts Amherst peer-reviewed scholarship", launched in [http://www.library.umass.edu/services/writing-and-publication/soar-fund/soar-fund-faqs/ 2014].
**Pilot fund of $25,000 available for the duration of the 2014 - 2015 fiscal year, with a funding limit of $3000 annually per-applicant.
**Publication in hybrid journals [http://www.library.umass.edu/services/writing-and-publication/soar-fund/soar-fund-faqs/ not eligible] for funding.
**Works deposited into institutional repository [http://scholarworks.umass.edu/ UMA Amherst ScholarWorks].
 
* [http://web.mit.edu/ Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)]
** The [http://info-libraries.mit.edu/scholarly/faculty-and-researchers/mit-faculty-open-access-policy/mit-open-access-publishing-fund/ fund] was [http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2010/libraries-open-access-aid.html announced] June 11, 2010.
** Will [http://info-libraries.mit.edu/scholarly/faculty-and-researchers/mit-faculty-open-access-policy/mit-open-access-publishing-fund/#whatpublications only pay] fees at journals that "[1] Are peer reviewed; [2] Are listed in the [http://www.doaj.org/ Directory of Open Access Journals]; [3] Adhere to the Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association [http://www.oaspa.org/conduct.php Code of Conduct]; [4] Make their standard fee schedules publicly accessible; and [5] Waive their fees in cases of financial hardship." 
** Will [http://info-libraries.mit.edu/scholarly/faculty-and-researchers/mit-faculty-open-access-policy/mit-open-access-publishing-fund/#whatpublications not pay fees] at hybrid OA journals or journals offering only delayed OA.  Nor will it pay fees when the author's funding agency is willing to pay the fees instead.
** MIT is a member of the [http://www.oacompact.org/ Compact for Open-Access Publishing Equity] (COPE).
** The funding is capped at "$1,000 per article."
 
* [http://www.mpg.de/portal/index.html Max Planck Society]
** See this undated [http://www.biomedcentral.com/download/info/MaxPlanckSociety.pdf description of the fund].  (When was it launched?)
** The fund will [http://oa.mpg.de/lang/en-uk/informationen-fur-autoren/kostenubernahme/ cover fees] for [http://www.mpdl.mpg.de/services/scip_content_oacontracts_de.htm certain journals and publishers] for MPS members.
 
* [http://www.mskcc.org/ Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center]
** The [http://libguides.mskcc.org/c.php?g=245186&p=1632385 Sloan Kettering Open Access Publication (SKOAP) Fund] was formally [http://library.mskcc.org/blog/2010/05/introducing-the-sloan-kettering-open-access-publication-skoap-fund/ launched] on May 10, 2010.
** MSKCC is a member of the [http://www.oacompact.org/ Compact for Open-Access Publishing Equity] (COPE).
**Limited to fully OA publications included in the [https://doaj.org/ Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)], and maintaining [http://oaspa.org/ Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA)] membership or [http://oaspa.org/membership/membership-criteria/ Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA) Code of Conduct] compliance with an available fee waiver policy and fee schedule.
** The fund will not pay publication fees of hybrid or delayed OA journals.
** Funding is available to "any researcher, clinician, staff member, or student author."
** Funding is capped at "$3,000 per article."
 
*[http://www.library.mun.ca/ Memorial University Libraries]
**The [http://guides.library.mun.ca/oafund Open Access Authors Fund] supports funding for "All Memorial faculty, undergraduate students, graduate students, staff, post-docs, emeriti, and honorary research profs who have had a peer-reviewed article accepted to an Open Access journal that meets the funding criteria.".
**Fund launched in [http://www.mun.ca/gazette/issues/vol45no3/open_access.php 2011].
**Applicant must be first author on funded publication, and funded publication must be published in a peer-reviewed journal included in the [https://doaj.org/ Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)] with no subscription cost, and supporting author copyright retention.
**Publication in subscription-based and hybrid journals are not eligible.
**Mandatory deposit in [http://research.library.mun.ca/ institutional repository].
 
* [http://www.msu.edu/ Michigan State University]
** An [http://www.statenews.com/index.php/article/2011/01/scholarly_journals_cost_library article] in the MSU newspaper (January 27, 2011) said that, "The library helps professors and other faculty members pay to publish in these [fee-based OA] journals...."  If anyone can find direct info on an OA journal fund at MSU, please add it here.
 
* [http://www.umich.edu/ University of Michigan]
** The [http://www.lib.umich.edu/cope fund] was [http://www.oacompact.org/news/2010/9/16/university-of-michigan-joins-compact.html launched] on September 16, 2010, for a two-year period.
** The University of Michigan is a member of the [http://www.oacompact.org/ Compact for Open-Access Publishing Equity] (COPE).
** The funds are available to "University of Michigan faculty, post-doctoral researchers, graduate and professional students, staff members, and students."
** Funding is capped at "$3000 per submission" for OA journals; hybrid and delayed-access journals are funded to a lesser degree. See details [http://www.lib.umich.edu/cope/faq#a9 here].
** As of March 1, 2012, all funds were allocated. As of June 2012 it has not been determined whether the program will continue.
 
* [http://www1.umn.edu/twincities/index.html/ University of Minnesota]
** The fund was established in Spring 2012.
** Funding is "available to UMN authors from all campuses, to cover the costs of making their publications available to the world."
** The fund is initially established at $20,000 per year, with potential for review.
** "Author fees for open access journals (as determined by listing in the [http://doaj.org/ Directory of Open Access Journals], membership in the [http://oaspa.org/ Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association], or adherence to [http://oaspa.org/membership/code-of-conduct/ Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association Code of Conduct]) will be covered in full. Author fees for “hybrid” journals will be covered up to 50%." More details can be found [https://www.lib.umn.edu/scholcom/open-access-publishing-fund/ here].
 
*[http://www.uni-muenster.de/en/ University of Münster]
**[http://www.uni-muenster.de/Publizieren/service/publikationsfonds/ Fund] available to University of Münster authors from 2011 to 2015.
**Fund launched with support from [http://www.dfg.de/en/ Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)].
**Funding limited to fully OA publications; funded publication must include fund acknowledgement.
**Fund supports 50% of publication costs; limited to a total fee of 2,000€. Submitting or corresponding author responsible for remaining publication fee coverage.
 
== N ==
*[https://www.nhmrc.gov.au/ National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)]
**Publication funding available to [https://www.nhmrc.gov.au/ National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)] funding recipients as a direct cost, outlined in the [http://external-test.nhmrc.gov.au/_files_nhmrc/file/grants/funding/funded/manage/policy/drc_principles%20guidelines_1%20january_2014_0.pdf NHMRC Direct Research Costs Guidelines] effective January 2014.
**Fund availability identified in the [https://www.nhmrc.gov.au/grants-funding/policy/nhmrc-open-access-policy NHMRC Open Access Policy].
 
*[http://www.nihr.ac.uk/ National Institute for Health Research]
**[http://www.nihr.ac.uk/policy-and-standards/nihr-policy-on-open-access-for-its-funded-research.htm Funds] available to "NIHR funded researchers" as of April 2014 in connection to larger [http://www.nihr.ac.uk/policy-and-standards/nihr-policy-on-open-access-for-its-funded-research.htm policy].
**Funding provided "either through the original NIHR award, or where applicable an NIHR Open Access Fund.".
**Limited to journals publishing under a CC-BY license and permitting "immediate deposit".
 
*[https://www.nih.gov/ National Institutes of Health (NIH)]
**[https://publicaccess.nih.gov/faq.htm#810 Funds] available in connection to [http://publicaccess.nih.gov/index.htm NIH Public Access Policy]; [https://publicaccess.nih.gov/faq.htm FAQ] includes "Publication costs, including author fees, may be charged to NIH grants and contracts".
**Connected [http://publicaccess.nih.gov/index.htm NIH Public Access Policy] effective in [http://publicaccess.nih.gov/determine-applicability.htm 2008].
**Conditions for funding include "(1) such costs incurred are  actual, allowable, and reasonable to advance the objectives of the award; (2)  costs are charged consistently regardless of the source of support; (3) all  other applicable rules on allowability of costs are met."[https://publicaccess.nih.gov/faq.htm#810].
**Required [http://publicaccess.nih.gov/address-copyright.htm deposit] in PubMed Central within 12 months of publication.
 
* [http://www.nwo.nl/ Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek] (NWO) (Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research)
** The [http://www.nwo.nl/nwohome.nsf/pages/NWOP_82LC99_Eng fund] was [https://arl.org/lists/sparc-oaforum/Message/5368.html announced] on February 3, 2010.
** The fund pays both OA and hybrid journal fees and publication charges for OA book chapters.
** There is a "maximum budget of € 5000...per project".
 
* [http://www.uin.no/Pages/default.aspx/ Universitetet i Nordland]
** The [http://uin.no/english/library/open-access/guidelines-OA-fund/Pages/default.aspx fund] has allocated NOK 100,000 for 2013.
** The fund will cover the costs of publishing in peer-reviewed full (not hybrid) open access journals that meet the publication [http://dbh.nsd.uib.no/omdbh/index.action/ requirements of the Norwegian Database for Statistics on Higher Education (DBH)].
** Support will only be given for items deposited in the university's open records archive, [http://brage.bibsys.no/hibo/ BLIX].
 
* [http://www.unc.edu/ University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill]
** The [http://guides.lib.unc.edu/content.php?pid=121319&sid=1262572 fund] was [http://www.hsl.unc.edu/Collections/ScholCom/OAFundAnnounce.cfm launched] in March 2005. 
** The fund will pay publication fees of hybrid journals.
** Funding is capped at a maximum of $1000 per article.
 
*[http://library.uncc.edu/ University of North Carolina at Charlotte, J. Murrey Atkins Library]
**The [https://library.uncc.edu/node/13472#oaapsf Open Access Article Publication Subvention Fund (OAAPSF)] is "intended to assist [http://www.uncc.edu/ UNC Charlotte] faculty across campus with the cost of article processing charges (APCs)."
**Maximum award of $1,000 per-article.
**Publication in hybrid and predatory journals ineligible for funding.
 
*[http://www.uncg.edu/ University of North Carolina at Greensboro]
**The [http://uncg.libguides.com/c.php?g=83558&p=536536 Open Access Publishing Support Fund] supports "full-time faculty, a full-time EPA employee, or an enrolled graduate student[s]" at the [http://www.uncg.edu/ University of North Carolina at Greensboro].
**Maximum award limited to $1,000 per-article and one award per-author annually.
**Funding limited to publication in peer-reviewed journals.
 
* [http://www.niu.edu/index.shtml/ Northern Illinois University]
** The [http://www.ulib.niu.edu/FIND/OpenAccessPublishing.cfm/ fund] was [http://www.niutoday.info/2013/03/04/niu-libraries-launches-open-access-fund/ announced] in March 2013 "to advance the use of open access as a means of distributing the research and creative work of the Northern Illinois University community".
** The fund, currently being run as a pilot project funds NIU tenured, tenure-track and non-tenture-track faculty and graduate students covers OA publishing fees of up to $2000 per article, or per year.
 
* [http://www.northwestern.edu Northwestern University]
** The [http://libguides.northwestern.edu/oafund Open Access Fund] was launched in 2013 as a pilot program
** Awards up to $3000 per year to Northwestern community members for open access processing or publishing fees
** Can only be used for articles accepted for publication in peer-reviewed open access journals that either are listed in the [http://www.doaj.org/ Directory of Open Access Journals] or are members of the [http://oaspa.org/ Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association].
** Supports gold open access publishers but not hybrid open access publishing
** Funded by the [http://www.library.northwestern.edu/ Northwestern University Library]
 
* [http://www.ntnu.edu/ Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)]
** The [http://www.ntnu.edu/documents/8354267/0/publishingfund.pdf NTNU Publishing fund] was established in 2013 and is administrated by the University Library.
** Maximum amount of NOK 20000 per author per year (incl Norwegian taxes).
** The fund supports articles with corresponding authors employed by or studying at NTNU.
** The fund does not support hybrid journals.
** Journals must be listed in DOAJ and must be accredited in the Norwegian funding system for Higher Education and Research institutions.
 
* [http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/ University of Nottingham]
** Information on the fund is available [http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/support.html here].  The fund was apparently launched before [http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2007/06/nottingham-creates-oa-publishing-fund.html June 2007].
** Also see Matt Cockerill's [http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/10650750910931913 article] about it in ''OCLC Systems & Services'', vol. 25, no. 1 (2009).
** Also see the [http://www.biomedcentral.com/download/info/FinalNottinghamCaseStudy.pdf BMC case study] on the Nottingham fund (undated).
** The policy states that the OA fees charged by hybrid journals "''can be covered by the use of the University Open Access Publishing Fund''", and provides an email address to which enquiries to access the Fund should be directed.
 
== O ==
 
*[http://www.ou.edu/web.html/ University of Oklahoma, Norman Campus]
** The OA fund is part of the [http://vpr-norman.ou.edu/funding/VPR-funding-opportunities/publication-support-program/ Norman Campus Office of the Vice President for Research Publication Support Program].
**  Funding is provided through an "equal four-way split of costs among the Senior Vice President and Provost, Vice President for Research (VPR), the associated academic department, and the associated college."
** "The maximum funding provided by this program will be considered on a case-by-case basis, and eligibility is limited to regular tenured or tenure track faculty of all ranks, as well as research faculty."
 
* [http://www.ontariogenomics.ca/ Ontario Genomics Institute]
** The [http://www.ontariogenomics.ca/research/ogi-genomics-publication-fund-gpf fund] was [http://pharmalive.com/News/index.cfm?articleid=705686&categoryid=54 announced] on May 19, 2010.
** The fund will pay no more than $3,000 CAD per article.
** The fund is limited to high-impact OA journals (impact factor of 8 or above, or named on a [http://www.ontariogenomics.ca/sites/default/files/GPF_Charter_0.pdf special OGI list]) and requires authors to submit the fund-supported work to a repository, too.
** Funds are awarded to primary or corresponding authors from Ontario-based institutions.
** Funding is set aside for 30 articles to be supported on a first-come, first-serve basis.
 
* [http://www.uoregon.edu/ University of Oregon]
** The [http://libweb.uoregon.edu/scis/sc/oaps.html fund] was launched on April 1, 2009 and is funded through the spring of 2012.
** Hybrid and delayed-access journals are not supported.
** Funding is capped at "$1,000 per article" and "$3,000 per person over the period of this pilot project."
** Funding is available to both "peer-reviewed scholarly article[s] or monograph[s]."
 
*[http://oregonstate.edu/ Oregon State University]
**[http://cdss.library.oregonstate.edu/oa_fund Fund] available to Oregon State University faculty acting as the publication's "sole or lead author".
**Fund announced [http://osulibrary.oregonstate.edu/new-open-access-publishing-fund February 2015].
**Maximum award of $2,000, limited to one award per author.
**Publication limited [http://oaspa.org/ Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA)] [http://oaspa.org/membership/code-of-conduct/ Code of Conduct] compliant journals; hybrid publications ineligible.
**Mandatory funding acknowledgement in publication, including deposit in institutional repository, [https://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/xmlui/ ScholarsArchive@OSU].
**Initial pilot funds have been allocated.
 
* [http://www.uio.no/english/ University of Oslo]
** Publication [http://www.ub.uio.no/om/aktuelt/aktuelle-saker/2013/publiseringsfond.html fund] was established in 2013. The fund is administered by the University Library.
** Publishing in hybrid journals is not supported.
** Journals must be listed in DOAJ.
** NOK 500.000 was allocated in 2013.
 
*[http://www.hioa.no/eng/ Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences (HiOA)]
** Introduced an open access policy in September 2011, with an [https://oda.hio.no/jspui/ open digital archive (ODA)] with [http://www.hioa.no/eng/Learning-Centre-and-Library/Make-your-research-known/Cristin/Self-archiving-in-Cristin/ self-achiving options].
** HiOA has also [http://journals.lub.lu.se/index.php/sciecominfo/article/view/5770/ launched a publication fund] to cover APCs, starting in 2013 with a budget of NOK 300,000.
 
*[http://ostersjostiftelsen.se/in-english Östersjöstiftelsen (The Foundation for Baltic and East European Studies)]
**Fund available in connection to Östersjöstiftelsen [http://ostersjostiftelsen.se/ansokan/open-access open access policy], enacted January 2011.
**Work funded by [http://ostersjostiftelsen.se/in-english Östersjöstiftelsen] automatically includes 30,000kr budget allotted to open publishing.
 
* [http://www.uottawa.ca/welcome.html University of Ottawa]
** The [http://www.oa.uottawa.ca/uo-initiatives-afund.jsp?language=en fund] was  [https://mx2.arl.org/Lists/SPARC-OAForum/Message/5286.html announced] on December 8, 2009.
** Ottawa is a member of the [http://www.oacompact.org/ Compact for Open-Access Publishing Equity] (COPE).
** Hybrid OA journals are supported only if the journals "make articles available immediately or allow open access self-archiving immediately upon publication (no embargo period imposed)."
** Funding is available to "all full-time and part-time faculty members, staff, currently registered graduate students, postdoctoral fellows and adjunct professors."
** Authors may apply for funds for a total of "two (2) publications per fiscal year."
** Funding is available for both book chapters and journal articles.
** Funded work must be deposited in the University of Ottawa's repository.
 
== P ==
 
*[http://www.parkinsons.org.uk/ Parkinson's UK]
**[http://www.parkinsons.org.uk/content/open-access-publishing-researchers Charity Open access Fund (COAF)] is "a partnership between medical research charities and is administered by the Wellcome Trust.", supporting compliance with the larger Parkinson's UK [https://www.parkinsons.org.uk/sites/default/files/open_access_policy_and_faqs_feb_2016.pdf OA Policy].
**Fund participation began in October 2015.
**Applicants must be located within network of identified UK institutions, and publications funded must be licensed under CC-BY.
**Funding limits undefined.
 
*[http://www.psu.edu/ Pennsylvania State University]
**The [https://libraries.psu.edu/services/research-data-services/scholarly-publishing-services/open-access-publishing/penn-state Penn State Libraries Open Access Fund] was announced in [http://copyright.psu.edu/2015/03/university-libraries-open-access-funding-pilot-project/ March 2015].
**Available to "any current Penn State faculty member, researcher, post-doc, graduate student, or staff member" and faculty-endorsed undergraduate students.
**Maximum award of $2,000, limited to one award per author annually.
**Publication in hybrid journals are ineligible for funding.
**Funded publication must include fund acknowledgement and be deposited in institutional repository, [https://scholarsphere.psu.edu/ ScholarSphere].
 
*[http://www.uni-marburg.de/index_html-en?language_sync=1 Philipps-Universität Marburg]
**[http://www.uni-marburg.de/bis/digitale_bibliothek/oa/pubfonds Fund] launched in January 2016 in connection to [http://www.dfg.de/en/ Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)].
**Funding available to Philipps-Universität Marburg "submitting / corresponding" authors.
**Maximum publication fee of 2,000€.
**Funds initially distributed at 50% of the total publication cost; remaining funds will cover up to 100% of the publication cost.
**Publication in hybrid journals ineligible for funding.
 
*[http://www.library.pitt.edu/ University of Pittsburgh, University Library System (ULS)]
**The [http://www.library.pitt.edu/about-open-access-author-fees-fund Open Access Author Fees Fund] is available to "faculty, staff, postdoctoral associates, and students served by the ULS and the BARCO Law Library." authors and co-authors.
**Fund operates in connection to [http://www.oacompact.org/ Compact for Open-Access Publishing Equity (COPE)] as of [http://www.oacompact.org/news/2012/10/23/university-of-pittsburgh-joins-cope.html October 2012].
**Limited to publication in fully OA journals included in the [https://doaj.org/ Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)] and maintain [http://oaspa.org/ Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA)] membership or [http://oaspa.org/membership/code-of-conduct/ Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA) Code of Contact] compliance. Hybrid and delayed OA publications ineligible for funding.
 
* [www.plos.org PLOS]
** [http://www.plos.org/publications/publication-fees/open-access-funds/ PLOS Open Access Fund provides support for institutions and individuals
** Individual authors can be directly funded through PLOS, particularly in low- and middle- income countries as part of the [http://www.plos.org/newsroom/viewpoints/global-participation-initiative/ PLOS Global Participation Initiative]
** Institutions are offered either accounts, which will cover the full fees, or memberships, which will partially cover fees.
 
== Q ==
 
* [http://www.qut.edu.au/ Queensland University of Technology]
** The [http://libguides.library.qut.edu.au/content.php?pid=84068&sid=624559 fund] was launched in 2008 as an experiment limited to [http://www.plos.org/ PLoS] OA journals; it has since expanded its scope.
** The fund does not cover hybrid journals.
** See a February 2011 [http://eprints.qut.edu.au/39416/ article] about the QUT fund for more details.
 
== R ==
 
* [http://www.uni-regensburg.de/ University of Regensburg]
** The [http://oa.uni-regensburg.de/ fund] was [http://goo.gl/qEpfg announced] in February 2011.
** The fund does not support hybrid journals.
** Funding is capped at a maximum of € 2000 per article.
** Funding is available to University of Regensburg researchers who are the submitting or corresponding author of a work.
 
* [http://www.forskningsradet.no/en/Home_page/1177315753906 Research Council of Norway]
**Funds announced in [http://www.forskningsradet.no/en/Newsarticle/A_boost_for_open_access_to_research/1253997204282 June 2016]; included in [http://www.forskningsradet.no/servlet/Satellite?blobcol=urldata&blobheader=application%2Fpdf&blobheadername1=Content-Disposition&blobheadervalue1=+attachment%3B+filename%3D%22ADM%C3%85pentilgangtilvitenskapeligpubliseringengCJSksCBE20140617.pdf%22&blobkey=id&blobtable=MungoBlobs&blobwhere=1274505375901&ssbinary=true Principles for Open Access to Scientific Publications] revised in June 2013 outlining "In the period 2014–2019 the Research Council will implement a funding scheme to cover fees incurred by Norwegian research institutions for publication in open access journals.".
** Initial fund of [http://www.forskningsradet.no/en/Newsarticle/A_boost_for_open_access_to_research/1253997204282 8,000,000kr] (about USD 1,300,000) as of 2014.
** Fund supports a maximum of [http://www.forskningsradet.no/en/Newsarticle/A_boost_for_open_access_to_research/1253997204282 50%] of total costs associated with OA publication.
**Recommended publication in openly licensed journals included in the [https://doaj.org/ Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ] and rated "levels 1 or 2 in the registry of publication channels from the Norwegian Association of Higher Education Institutions."[http://www.forskningsradet.no/servlet/Satellite?blobcol=urldata&blobheader=application%2Fpdf&blobheadername1=Content-Disposition&blobheadervalue1=+attachment%3B+filename%3D%22ADM%C3%85pentilgangtilvitenskapeligpubliseringengCJSksCBE20140617.pdf%22&blobkey=id&blobtable=MungoBlobs&blobwhere=1274505375901&ssbinary=true]
 
* [http://ww2.uri.edu/ University of Rhode Island] (URI)
** The [http://uri.libguides.com/oafund URI Open Access Fund] helps cover the cost of open access publication fees for URI faculty who do not have other sources of funding.
** Created in December 2013 after URI signed the [http://www.oacompact.org/ Compact for Open-Access Publishing Equity] (COPE)
** Available for full-time faculty
** Only articles accepted to open access, peer-reviewed scholarly journals are eligible
** Journals must be listed in the [http://doaj.org/ Directory of Open Access Journals] and adhere to the [http://oaspa.org/membership/code-of-conduct/ Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association's Code of Conduct]
 
* [http://www.rj.se/ Riksbankens Jubileumsfond (RJ)] (Riksbank Tercentenary Foundation)
** The [http://www.rj.se/english/projects/open_access_guidelines fund] was [http://www.rj.se/svenska/1023/var/newsID/311 announced] on June 1, 2010.
** It will provide grantees with up to 30,000 SEK per project.
**Based on terms in effect for grant recipients awarded from [http://www.rj.se/en/For-researchers/Support-for-publication/Open-Access/OA-for-researchers-with-funding-from-2013/ 2013] forward, publication funds are provided to all Riksbankens Jubileimsfond (RJ) project grant recipients.
***Grants "up to three years' duration that fund positions corresponding to up to 75% of full-time employment" are awarded 50,000kr. Funding varied for "larger projects".
***Programs instead "must be included in the programme budget applied for.", and are not awarded on an included basis.
***Maximum embargo period of 6 months, with mandatory deposit upon publication "If the researcher opts for parallel publishing", with encouraged deposit from publication in Open Access journals.
 
* [https://www.royalholloway.ac.uk/home.aspx Royal Holloway, University of London]
** The [https://www.royalholloway.ac.uk/library/documents/policies/rhulapcpolicy.pdf Open Access Fund] for article processing charges (APCs)
** Courtesy of a [http://www.rcuk.ac.uk/media/news/121108/ RCUK block grant]
** Provides £81,627 in total for 2013-2014, rising to £96,031 for 2014-2015
** Pays APCs for journals that provides immediate and unrestricted access to articles via their own website with CC-BY licenses.
 
*[http://www.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/ Ruhr-Universität Bochum]
**Fund available to [http://www.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/ Ruhr-Universität Bochum] submitting or corresponding authors, launched in 2014 with support from [http://www.dfg.de/en/ Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)] from 2014 - 2015.
**Maximum award supports 10% total publication costs per author / per author annually. As of 2016, author contribution must support 20% of article processing charges.
**Limited to publication in full OA journals maintaining a maximum fee of 2,000€. "Open Choice" publications are ineligible for funding.
 
*[http://library.ryerson.ca/ Ryerson University Library & Archives]
**The [http://learn.library.ryerson.ca/scholcomm/openaccessfund Ryerson Library Author Fund] is "open to graduate students, faculty, staff, adjunct faculty, and postdoctoral researchers at Ryerson University." who "must exhaust other funding sources (e.g. grants) to pay for open access charges before applying.".
**Funding limited to publication in journals operating under "Biomed Central*, The Public Library of Science, and Hindawi.".
**Publication in hybrid journals ineligible for funding.
**Mandatory deposit in institutional repository, [http://digital.library.ryerson.ca/node/1 RULA].
 
== S ==
 
*[http://www.salford.ac.uk/ University of Salford]
**The [http://www.salford.ac.uk/library/research/openaccess/open-access-funding Open Access Support Fund] is available to "staff and postgraduate research students.".
**Fund referenced as early as [http://blogs.salford.ac.uk/research-support/open-access-support-scheme/ September 2013].
 
*[http://www.uni-salzburg.at/index.php?id=52&L=1 Universität Salzburg]
**The [http://www.uni-salzburg.at/index.php?id=67089&L=1 University of Salzburg Open Access Publication Fund] is available to University of Saltzburg employees acting as corresponding author on an accepted publication.
**Fund launched in [http://www.uni-salzburg.at/index.php?id=65751&L=1 2014].
**Maximum award of 2,000€.
**Limited to publication in journals shown in the [https://doaj.org/ Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)]; hybrid publication ineligible for funding.
**Funded publication limited to Creative Commons license.
 
*[http://www.usask.ca/ University of Saskatchewan]
**The [http://research.usask.ca/documents/PubFund%20TOR%20guidelines%20-%20Mar%202015.pdf Research Services Publication Fund] is available to University of Saskachewan "tenured or tenure track" faculty, university librarians and term faculty.
**Fund activity shown prior to [http://www.usask.ca/lists/science_engineering-l/2009/msg00118.html 2009].
**Maximum award of $1,000 ($1,500 when funding available).
**Funding limited to "one application per applicant per fiscal year" and "one scholarly and creative work can be requested for support per fiscal year".
 
*[http://www.sfi.ie/ Science Foundation Ireland (SFI)]
**Funding available in connection to the [http://www.sfi.ie/funding/grant-policies/open-access-availability-of-published-research-policy.html SFI Open Access Availability of Publishing Research Policy], effective February 2009.
**Costs associated with "publishing or depositing in an Open Access repository are allowable as an Eligible Cost under SFI Awards and should be charged against the Miscellaneous budget line.".
**Connected [http://www.sfi.ie/assets/files/downloads/Funding/grant_policies/open%20access%20dec%2010.pdf policy] mandates deposit of funded publications, with preference to institutional and disciplinary repositories.
 
* [http://www.sfu.ca/ Simon Fraser University (SFU)]
** The [http://www.lib.sfu.ca/collections/scholarly-publishing/sfu-open-access-fund fund] was [http://www.lib.sfu.ca/node/10281 announced] in February 2010.
** SFU "faculty, staff or graduate students" may apply for funding.
** The fund wll not pay publication fees of hybrid OA journals.
** Authors may ask for up to $10,000 per year.
** Simon Fraser joined the [http://www.oacompact.org/ Compact for Open-Access Publishing Equity] (COPE) on [http://www.sfu.ca/vpresearch/news/compact-open-access.html October 21, 2010].
 
*[http://www.tuc.no/ University College of Southeast Norway (formerly Telemark University College)]
**[http://www.hit.no/Forskning/Publisere/Publiseringsfondet-ved-Hoegskolen-i-Telemark Fund] available to Telemark University College affiliated corresponding authors.
**Supports publication in both fully open and hybrid publication maintaining a [https://dbh.nsd.uib.no/publiseringskanaler/Forside DBH] level 1 or 2, as stated in fund [http://www.hit.no/nor/content/download/158749/1686889/file/Publiseringsfond_retningslinjer.pdf guidelines].
**Fund suggested in [http://www.hit.no/nor/content/download/88369/941958/file/Saksforelegg.pdf section 4.4.4.] for 2010 launch.
**Mandatory deposit in [http://www.cristin.no/english/ Cristin] repository.
 
*[http://www.uni-stuttgart.de/home/ Universität Stuttgart]
**Fund launched in 2011 in connection to [http://www.dfg.de/en/ Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft].
**Funding limited to Universität Stuttgart members acting as author for the funded publication in OA journals.
**Maximum award of 2,000€.
 
*[http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/ University of St Andrews]
**Supports access to the following funds:
***[http://www.rcuk.ac.uk/ RCUK] Block Grant
****Awarded from 2013 - 2014 in connection to [http://www.rcuk.ac.uk/research/openaccess/ RCRK Policy on Open Access].
****Publication in policy compliant journal must include funding acknowledgement and access guidelines.
***[https://wellcome.ac.uk/funding/managing-grant/charity-open-access-fund Charity Open Access Fund (COAF)]
****Available to "Researchers funded by Arthritis Research UK, Breast Cancer Campaign, British Heart Foundation, Cancer Research UK and Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research".
****Fund launched in October 2014.
****Publication must be licensed CC-BY.
***[http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/library/ St Andrews University Library]
****Available to St Andrews University staff, launched in [http://univstandrews-oaresearch.blogspot.com/2014/10/library-fund-for-open-access-and.html August 2013].
****Publication in hybrid journals ineligible for funding.
 
*[http://www.sun.ac.za/english Stellenbosch University]
**The [http://library.sun.ac.za/English/services/oa/Pages/su-oafund.aspx Stellenbosch University Open Access Publication Fund] is available to "Stellenbosch University faculty members or currently enrolled students".
**Fund policy approved in [http://library.sun.ac.za/SiteCollectionDocuments/services/Open%20Access%20Fund%20Policy%20and%20Procedures_Final%20Draft_Eng.pdf May 2012].
**Funding limits varied annually.
 
* [http://www.swansea.ac.uk/ Swansea University (Prifysgol Abertawe)]
** The [http://www.swansea.ac.uk/iss/researchsupport/apc/#d.en.173057 fund] helps cover the cost of Article Processing Chargers (APCs) for articles funded by the Research Council of the United Kingdom [http://www.swansea.ac.uk/iss/researchsupport/apc/#d.en.173057 (RCUK)]
** Only supports gold open access, meaning the article needs to be immediately available, at no cost to readers with unlimited non-commercial re-use.
 
*[http://www.formas.se/en/ Swedish Research Council for Environment, Agricultural Sciences and Spatial Planning]
**Publication funding available to grant applicants, and "can be included in research project applications as a direct cost" as outlined in [http://www.formas.se/en/Financing/General-instructions/ applicant instructions] updated April 2016.
**Authors of funded applications "must guarantee that their research results will be available through Open Access within six months of publication.".
 
*[http://forte.se/en/ Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Life, and Welfare (FORTE)]
**As expressed in connected [http://forte.se/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/fortes-policy-for-open-access.pdf policy], [http://forte.se/en/ Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Life, and Welfare (FORTE)] grant recipients receive a flat rate of 30,000kr dedicated to OA publication, effective as of January 2012.
**Open publication limited to a "högst sex månaders fördröjning", or (English Translation: Google) a "maximum of six months' delay", as outlined in [http://forte.se/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/fortes-policy-for-open-access.pdf policy].
 
*[http://www.snf.ch/en/Pages/default.aspx Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF)]
**[http://www.snf.ch/SiteCollectionDocuments/Dossiers/dos_OA_regelung_auf_einen_blick_e.pdf Funds] "can be claimed from the agreed project funding up to a limit of CHF 3000 per publication." in connection to [http://www.snf.ch/en/Pages/default.aspx Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF)] funded grants as outlined in [http://www.snf.ch/SiteCollectionDocuments/Dossiers/dos_OA_regelung_auf_einen_blick_e.pdf SNSF Guidelines on Open Access].
**Publication funds available as of October 2013 with scheduled activity through December 2016.
**Hybrid publication ineligible for funding.
 
== T ==
 
*[https://tu-dresden.de/ Technische Universität Dresden]
**[http://www.slub-dresden.de/service/schreiben-publizieren/open-access-service/publikationsfonds/ Fund] available to Technische Universität Dresden authors acting as submitting or corresponding author.
**Fund launched in 2013 in coordination with [http://www.dfg.de/en/ Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)].
**Limited to fully OA publications included in the [https://doaj.org/ Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)] with a maximum fee of 2,000€.
 
*[http://www.tum.de/ Technische Universität München]
**The [https://www.ub.tum.de/en/publishing-fund TUM Open Access Publishing Fund] operates in connection to [http://www.dfg.de/en/ Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)], available to Technische Universität München affiliated authors.
**Fund announced in [https://www.ub.tum.de/en/tum-covers-your-open-access-publication-costs 2013].
**Supports free publication in identified [https://scoap3.org/ SCOAP3] journals in addition to discounted publication costs through additional publishers.
**Maximum APC of "2,000 € or 2,270 USD".
**Publication "should contain a reference to the DFG-funding".
 
* [http://www.utk.edu/ University of Tennessee, Knoxville]
** The [http://www.lib.utk.edu/openpub/ Open Publishing Support Fund] was [http://dailybeacon.utk.edu/showarticle.php?articleid=54646 launched] in the fall of 2008. 
** Funding is available to any "faculty member, post-doctoral associate, or currently enrolled graduate student ready to submit a completed article for publication."
** Articles published by "peer-reviewed open access publishers" are supported; "Any open access publication will be considered, provided that the journal is freely available at the time of initial publication with no embargo periods. Hybrid journals that make only selected articles open access are not included in the pilot project."
** Applicants receive funding on a "first-come, first-served basis to a maximum of $3,000 per article."
* [http://www.tamu.edu/ Texas A&M University]
**[http://wclnew.library.tamu.edu/services/scholarly_communication/oakfund.html Open Access to Knowledge Fund (OAKFund)] is available to support OA publication costs and institutional [https://peerj.com/ PeerJ] membership for "current members of the faculty or full-time research staff at Texas A&M University". Current funds have been [http://library.tamu.edu/services/scholarly_communication/oakfund.html allotted], with possible renewal.
** The fund (or equivalent) is mentioned in this June 2007 [http://blogs.openaccesscentral.com/blogs/bmcblog/entry/summary_of_biomed_central_s conference report].
**Maximum award of $3,000. Awarded sum is divided "evenly between all eligible authors" for multi-author funded works.
**Publication in hybrid or delayed access journals are ineligible for funding.
**Encouraged deposit in institutional repository, [http://oaktrust.library.tamu.edu/ OAKTrust].
 
*[http://www.twu.edu/ Texas Woman's University]
**The [http://www.twu.edu/library/oafund.asp fund] "provides scholarly funding to TWU full-time faculty members who wish to publish their work in peer-reviewed, Open Access journals".
**Pilot launched in 2015 for duration of the 2015 - 2016 academic year.
**Supports a maximum award of $3000 per individual or group.
 
* [http://www.utoronto.ca/ University of Toronto]
** The [http://onesearch.library.utoronto.ca/open-access-author-fund-policies fund] was announced in October 2012.
** Peer-reviewed journal articles, book chapters or monographs accepted for publication after June 1, 2012 are eligible.
** Funding is available to "all full-time and part-time faculty members and librarians, staff, currently registered graduate students, and postdoctoral fellows".
** The fund will pay up to a maximum amount of CAD 3,000 per fiscal year per corresponding author, on a "first come, first served" basis.
** The fund will not pay publication fees at hybrid OA journals.
** Requests for funds may be refused if the publisher appears to be a "predatory open access publisher".
 
* [http://en.uit.no/startsida UiT The Arctic University of Norway (formerly The University of Tromsø)]
** The [http://www2.uit.no/ikbViewer/Content/225285/Retningslinjer_2011-02-15.doc fund] was [http://www2.uit.no/ikbViewer/page/ansatte/organisasjon/artikkel?p_document_id=225287&p_dimension_id=&p_menu=&p_lang= announced] February 18, 2011. [http://nile.lub.lu.se/ojs/index.php/sciecominfo/article/view/4908 Article] about the fund and its rules. See also [http://uit.no/ub/publisering/art?p_document_id=225287&p_lang=2 information page]Ì
** The fund supports APCs in OA journals (not hybrid journals) for '''corresponding''' authors employed by or studying at the University of Tromsø, full- or part-time. [https://peerj.com/ PeerJ] membership is also supported.
** There is no financial limit per article or per author, nor a limit to the number of articles per author per year.
** Journals must be listed in DOAJ (or eligible for such listing) and must be [http://dbh.nsd.uib.no/kanaler/ accredited] in the Norwegian funding system for Higher Education and Research institutions.
** 2014 budget is NOK 1,300,000 (roughly USD 210,000).
 
*[http://www.uni-tuebingen.de/ University of Tübingen]
**[http://www.ub.uni-tuebingen.de/forschen-publizieren/open-access-publikationsfonds.html Fund] available to University of Tübingen authors acting as corresponding or submitting author.
**Fund launched in [http://www.uni-tuebingen.de/einrichtungen/universitaetsbibliothek/forschen-publizieren/open-access-policy-der-universitaet-tuebingen.html 2013], operating in connection to [http://www.dfg.de/en/ Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)].
**Limited to publication in full OA journals with a maximum fee of 2,000€, funding 70% of costs limited to three publications per-author annually as of 2015.
**Funder acknowledgement encouraged.
 
* [http://www.tufts.edu/ Tufts University]
**  The [http://sites.tufts.edu/scholarlycommunication/?page_id=340 Provost's Open Access Fund] was [http://uit.tufts.edu/?pid=738 launched] in January of 2011.
** It supports both publication in open access journals and the digitization of small research collections for open access.
 
*[https://www.utwente.nl/en/ University of Twente]
**[https://www.utwente.nl/ub/en/services/MAIN/research-datamanagement/rdm/opensciencefund/ Fund] available to [https://www.utwente.nl/en/  University of Twente] employees acting as first or co-author for funded publication.
**Publication limited to journals included in the [https://doaj.org/ Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)]; hybrid publication ineligible for funding.
**Limited to one award per-applicant annually; fund must function as only "received or requested" funding for publication.
**Maximum award of 2,500€.
 
== U ==
 
*[http://www.uib.no/en/ University of Bergen]
** The fund was launched in 2013.
** The University "currently has a "Supporter Membership" with BioMed Central. This means that the university pays a fixed amount per year, providing all UiB employees with a 15% discount on publication in BioMed Central's journals, Chemistry Central and Springer Open journals". (See [http://www.uib.no/ub/tjenester/vitenskapelig-publisering/open-access/ full policy])
 
* [http://www.ucl.ac.uk/ University College London (UCL)]
**[http://www.ucl.ac.uk/library/open-access/faqs/#funds Funds] available to [http://www.ucl.ac.uk/ University College London (UCL)] staff and students acting as corresponding author, in addition to funds supported by [https://www.ucl.ac.uk/library/open-access/rcuk Research Councils UK (RCUK)] and [https://www.ucl.ac.uk/library/open-access/wellcome COAF].
**Required deposit in University College London (UCL) [https://www.ucl.ac.uk/ion/library/publications/rps Research Publications Database (RPS)] and [http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/ UCL Discovery], as outlined in connected [https://www.ucl.ac.uk/library/open-access/basics policy].
 
* [http://www.uni-ulm.de/ University of Ulm]
** The [http://www.uni-ulm.de/index.php?id=1358 fund] was announced in 2009 for non-medical publications.
** In 2013 an additional fund for medical publications was announced.
** Funding is available to submitting or corresponding authors from University of Ulm.
** The funds reimburse two-thirds of the publication fees, the author has to pay one third.
** The funds support hybrid journals.
 
*[https://library.usu.edu/ Utah State University Libraries]
**[http://digitalcommons.usu.edu/oadc/6/ Fund] available for Utah State University students and faculty, announced in 2013.
**Maximum award of $1,500 per-article, limited to one award per-author annually.
**Publication in hybrid journals not eligible for funding, and fund applicants "must request a match from their department, college, or an outside granting agency".
**Mandatory deposit in institutional repository, [http://digitalcommons.usu.edu/ DigitalCommons@USU].
 
* [http://www.uu.nl/en/Pages/default.aspx Utrecht University]
** The [http://www.uu.nl/university/library/EN/igitur/oa-fund/Pages/default.aspx Utrecht University Open Access Fund] helps cover the cost of author fees for academics at Utrecht University who do not have external funding
** Articles must be published in journals that are fully open access. Hybrid journals are not eligible.
** Grants for book publications are also available
** All publications must be made available at [http://igitur-archive.library.uu.nl/search/search.php?m=simple&language=en&p=1 Igitur Archive], Utrecht University's repository
 
== V ==
*[http://www.vr.se/inenglish.4.12fff4451215cbd83e4800015152.html Vetenskapsrådet] (The Swedish Research Council)
**Funding available in connection to [http://www.vr.se/inenglish/researchfunding/applyforgrants/conditionsforapplicationsandgrants/openaccess.106.5adac704126af4b4be280007766.html grant conditions] relating to open access first established in [http://www.vr.se/inenglish/researchfunding/applyforgrants/conditionsforapplicationsandgrants/openaccess/faqopenaccess/faqopenaccess/whendidtheswedishresearchcouncilsdecisiononopenaccesstakeeffect.5.37eca2ee12a87a8202180001835.html January 2010], and mandating open publication effective 2015 and under a CC-BY license effective 2017.
**Publication funds [http://www.vr.se/inenglish/researchfunding/applyforgrants/conditionsforapplicationsandgrants/openaccess/faqopenaccess/faqopenaccess/howcanresearchersaffordtopaythefeesinvolvedinparallelpublicationorpublicationinopenaccessjournals.5.37eca2ee12a87a8202180001961.html available] for inclusion in initial grant applications.
 
* [http://www.univie.ac.at/en University of Vienna]
** The [http://openaccess.univie.ac.at/en/funding/central-publishing-fund/application-form/ Central Open Access Publishing Fund] was launched on July 16, 2014. It is run by the Open Access Office, Library and Archive Services of the University of Vienna.
** Funding is available for articles in genuine open access journals: DOAJ-listed, no hybrid journals.
** Articles that are published as outcomes of primarily externally funded research projects will not be funded.
** „First come, first served policy“; up to three publications per year and author.
** The maximum publication fee expected is EUR 2,000 per item. Higher costs can be covered in individual cases.
** The submitting author/corresponding author must be affiliated to the University of Vienna.
** A refund of already paid bills for APCs is not possible.
 
* [http://www.vt.edu Virginia Tech] (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University)
** The [http://www.lib.vt.edu/openaccess/fund/index.html subvention fund] was [http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2012/09/092812-univlib-openaccessfund.html launched] September 28, 2012.
** Funds are available for OA and hybrid journals.
** Fund is run by the University Libraries at Virginia Tech.
** Funding is available to "faculty, graduate, and undergraduate students".
** Funding is capped at a maximum of "$1500 per article and $3000 per author per year".
 
*[http://www.virginia.edu/ University of Virginia]
** "The [http://copyright.library.virginia.edu/uva-library-open-access-fund/ Open Access Fund] is intended to support U.Va. authors who wish to publish their research in an open access journals".
** All faculty, staff and students served by the U.Va. Library system are eligible for funding. 
** Funding is limited to up to $2000 per article, with a maximum of $3000 per year.
** All successful funding applicants will must deposit a copy of their articles in [http://libra.virginia.edu/ Libra], U.Va.’s institutional repository.
 
== W ==
 
* [http://www.wur.nl/ Wageningen University and Research Center]
** The [http://www.wageningenur.nl/en/Expertise-Services/Facilities/Library/Expertises/Write-cite/What-funds-and-arrangements-are-available-for-open-access.htm fund] was launched in 2006.
** The [http://library.wur.nl/WebQuery/nieuws?nieuws/@isn=1332&wq_sfx=nieuwsbrief#UK renewed conditions] were published in 2011.
** Funding covers a "maximum of 50% of the costs of an open access publication".
** Funding is provided "in proportion to the Wageningen UR contribution".
 
* [http://zsr.wfu.edu/ Wake Forest University], Z. Smith Reynolds Library
** The [http://zsr.wfu.edu/forms/open-access-fund fund] was launched in 2008.
** Funding is "provided in equal sum from three sources: the Z. Smith Reynolds Library, the Office of Research & Sponsored Programs, and the author’s department".
** Wake Forest faculty are eligible for funding.
** Both OA and hybrid journal articles and monograph chapters are funded.
** Funded work must be deposited to the university's repository.
 
*[https://wayne.edu/ Wayne State University]
**[http://scholarscooperative.wayne.edu/oafund/ Open Access Fund] "available to current full-time Wayne State University Faculty".
**Funds currently allocated; applications on-hold.
**Fund announcement described as "recent" in [https://library.wayne.edu/blog/blog/2016/03/02/faculty-want-to-make-your-work-open-access-apply-for-funding-from-the-libraries/ March 2016].
**Maximum award of $1,000, limited to "One award per author per funding year.".
**Limited to "members of the Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA, http://oaspa.org/), or meet the membership requirements of OASPA, as delineated under OASPA’s Membership Criteria (http://oaspa.org/membership/membership-criteria/) and Code of Conduct (http://oaspa.org/membership/code-of-conduct/).", with no embargo period.
**Mandatory deposit in institutional repository, [http://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/ DigitalCommons@WayneState].
 
*[https://wellcome.ac.uk/ Wellcome Trust]
**[https://wellcome.ac.uk/funding/managing-grant/how-get-open-access-funding Funding] available to [https://wellcome.ac.uk/ Wellcome Trust] supported researchers.
**[https://wellcome.ac.uk/funding/managing-grant/charity-open-access-fund Charity Open Access Fund (COAF)] available to [https://wellcome.ac.uk/funding/managing-grant/coaf-funded-research-organisations 36] higher education institutions as of October 2014. Required PubMed Central deposit and CC-BY license [https://wellcome.ac.uk/funding/managing-grant/coaf-information-researchers].
**Funding available to researchers unaffiliated with institutions included in [https://wellcome.ac.uk/funding/managing-grant/charity-open-access-fund Charity Open Access Fund (COAF)] by contacting [https://wellcome.ac.uk/ Wellcome Trust] directly for support [https://wellcome.ac.uk/funding/managing-grant/how-get-open-access-funding].
 
* [http://www.wisc.edu/ University of Wisconsin]
** The [http://www.library.wisc.edu/scp/openaccess/ fund] was launched by August 2007.
** The fund will pay publication fees of hybrid OA journals, but has a cap on the maximum to be paid of 30% of fee.
** The fund will pay 50% of the publication charges for full OA journals.
** On a per-article basis, funding "will not exceed $1,500" per year per author.
 
*[http://www.worcester.ac.uk/ University of Worcester]
**[http://library.worc.ac.uk/services/open-access-publishing Fund] available to University of Worcester staff and research students.
**Support for fund included in [https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2wGAyiHm0nAc1dUN0g2eXVsbGs/view University of Worcester Open Access Publishing Policy], published March 2014.
 
*[http://www.who.int/en/ World Health Organization]
**Funding availability identified in [http://www.who.int/en/ World Health Organization] OA [http://www.who.int/about/policy/en/ policy], including, "WHO will include the costs of open-access charges, where appropriate, in its applications to donors who support WHO’s work. It will also invite external entities applying for project support from WHO to include such costs, where appropriate, in their applications.".
**Connected [http://www.who.int/about/policy/en/ policy] effective July 2014, mandating OA publication under "Creative Commons 3.0 intergovernmental organization (IGO)" license or author deposit into [https://europepmc.org/  Europe PMC].
 
*[https://www.uni-wuerzburg.de/en/new/ Universität Würzburg]
**[http://openaccess.uni-wuerzburg.de/en/service0/electronic_publishing/open_access/open_access_journals/ Fund] available to Universität Würzburg authors acting as corresponding author.
**Fund launched in 2011, operating in connection to [http://www.dfg.de/en/ Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)] from 2011 to 2016.
**Funded publication must be licensed under CC-BY and include fund acknowledgement.
**Fund available to cover up to 60% of publication costs; applications limited to fees up to 2,000€.
**Funded publications included in [https://opus.bibliothek.uni-wuerzburg.de/opus4-wuerzburg/home OPUS Würzburg].
 
==Y==
*[http://www.library.yorku.ca/web/ York University Libraries]
**The [http://researchguides.library.yorku.ca/open_access/ York University Libraries OA Author Fund] is available for "All York, faculty, graduate students, staff, post-docs, emeriti, and visiting scholars who have had a peer-reviewed article accepted to an Open Access journal that meets the funding criteria.".
**Funding limited to one publication per applicant annually, and funded publication must have a York University affiliated first author.
**Publication in subscription-based and hybrid journals including journals that maintain "embargoes that limit Open Access to content for a specific time period after publication, if it is longer than the publication timeline required by the funding source." are not eligible for funding.
**Mandatory deposit in institutional repository, [http://yorkspace.library.yorku.ca/xmlui/ YorkSpace].
 
==Z==
*[http://www.uzh.ch/index_en.html University of Zurich], Main Library
** In 2012 an [http://www.oai.uzh.ch/en/at-the-uzh/funding/publishing-fund open fund] was launched as a pilot program to support open access publications from the social sciences and humanities.
** The open fund does not cover publications in hybrid journals.
** Funding is capped at a maximum of 2,000 CHF per author per year.

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