Charities Open Access Fund (COAF) authors
COAF have disbanded and the charities have changed how they provide support.
Researchers funded by these organisations should contact them to arrange payment:
- Versus Arthritis
- Blood Cancer UK
- Parkinson’s UK
Researchers funded by the following organisations should continue to contact the library. Funding will be arranged on a case by case basis:
- Wellcome Trust
- British Heart Foundation
- Cancer Research UK
Open access publishing
Open Access is free, unrestricted online access to research outputs. It is a requirement of publication for many funders and for the Research Excellence Framework (REF) submissions. Find out more about Open Access, REF and funder requirements, funding and payment details.
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Open access for the REF
What you need to do to make your research outputs REF compliant; what the library will do.
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Deposit your publication
Deposit your research outputs in Pure; deposit your publication in a discipline-specific repository.
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Open access funding
Find out if you are eligible for funding to cover open access publication costs; make a funding claim.
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Funder requirements
RCUK open access requirements; COAF open access requirements; other funder requirements.
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Check your journal
Check whether a journal meets your funders' open access requirements.
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Online open access training
This training module will introduce you to the basic concepts of publishing and promoting academic research, covering open access, publisher and funder requirements alongside key scholarly communications topics.
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Understanding open access
Find out more about open access and the 'Green' and 'Gold' routes.
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Open access policy
The University's institutional policy to support the transition towards open access to research; the REF's open access policy.
Open access claim form
Make a claim for gold publication of Research Council, CRUK or Wellcome funded papers.
Page, colour and other publication charges (including membership) remain the responsibility of the author or department.
Open Access training courses
Book onto one of our training courses for an introduction to funder and REF open access policy requirements.
Contact us
Open Access team
open-access@bristol.ac.uk
Telephone 0117 42 83391
Research Support Librarians
lib-research-support@bristol.ac.uk