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Funding for open access books

In order to support authors who choose to make their books and chapters immediately available upon publication, 50¶È»Ò has compiled a list of research funders and institutions worldwide that fund open access book processing charges (BPCs) and chapter processing charges (CPCs). 

Sources of funding are listed by country, and links to each organisation’s open access funding and policy/information pages have been included where available. Please note that this page currently only shows open access policies for funders or institutions that make open access funding available.

Organisations have been listed only where they have specified that they have funding dedicated for open access books (monographs and/or edited collections) or that their open access funds extends beyond journal articles and may be used for peer-reviewed books and chapters. Where funders and institutions make open access funding for chapters but not for books, this has been indicated by an asterisk (*).

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

To find out about funding for open access articles, see our list of organisations that provide funding for article processing charges (APCs).



NOTE: As of the start of 2024, UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) has instituted an open access mandate for certain research outputs published as books or book chapters. For more information on the mandate and the corresponding open access fund that has been made available, please see the links below under UK-->UK Research and Innovation.

Funders and institutions A-Z index

Austria

Funders

Austrian Science Fund, FWF (Fonds zur Förderung der wissenschaftlichen Forschung)

Institutions

Austrian Academy of Sciences3

Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna (Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien)

International

Funders

DEBRA International

Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research (CGIAR)


Israel

Funders

Israel Science Foundation                     

Italy

Funders

Ministry of Education, Universities and Research                 

Lithuania

Funders

Research Council of Lithuania, RCL (Lietuvos mokso taryba)

Netherlands

Funders

Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research


Institutions

Delft University of Technology (Technische Universiteit Delft)

Utrecht University, UU (Universiteit Utrecht)

New Zealand

Funders

Health Research Council of New Zealand

Institutions

University of Canterbury

Serbia

Funders

Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development

Slovenia

Funders

Ministry of Education, Science and Sport

UK

Funders

Action on Hearing Loss

Department for International Development, DFID

Leverhulme Trust

UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)

Wellcome Trust, WT

Institutions

University of Kent

Northumbria University

Oxford Brookes University

Reading University

Belgium

Funders

Fund for Scientific Research, FNRS (Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique)


Canada

Funders

International Development Research Centre, IDRC

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, SSHRC

Weston Brain Institute

Institutions

Carleton University

Simon Fraser University*

University of British Columbia

University of Victoria

Europe

Funders

European Commission, EC

Horizon 2020 grant scheme

European Research Council (ERC), ERC

Germany

Funders

Alexander von Humboldt Foundation

Leibniz Consortium (Leibniz Gemeinschaft)

Volkswagen Foundation (Volkswagen Stiftung)

Institutions

Bielefeld University

Free University Berlin

Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf

Humboldt University of Berlin (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin)


Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz

Leibniz University of Hannover (Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Universität Hannover)

Technical University of Berlin (Technische Universität Berlin)


Technical University of Braunschweig (Technische Universität Braunschweig)

University of Duisburg-Essen

University of Konstanz (Universität Konstanz)

University of Passau (Universität Passau)

University of Potsdam

ZB MED (German National Library of Medicine) - Leibniz Information Centre for Life Sciences, Cologne and Bonn

Japan

Institutions

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, JSPS

Lebanon

Funders

International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas, ICARDA

Luxembourg

Funders

Luxembourg National Research Fund, FNR (Fonds National de la Recherche Luxembourg)

Norway

Institutions

Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)

Oslo Metropolitan University (OsloMet)

University College of Southeast Norway (Porsgrunn Campus) Formerly Telemark University College, HSN (Høgskolen i Sørøst-Norge (Formerly Høgskolen i Telemark))

University of Agder (Universitetet i Agder)

University of Bergen, UiB (Universitetet i Bergen)

University of Tromsø / Arctic University of Norway, UiT (Universitetet i Tromsø / Norges arktiske universitet)

Western Norway University of Applied Sciences (Høgskulen på Vestlandet)

Sweden

Institutions

Lund University

Switzerland

Funders

Swiss National Science Foundation, SNSF / SNF / FNS (Schweizerische Nationalfonds zur Förderung der wissenschaftlichen Forschung /  Fonds national suisse de la recherche scientifique)

Institutions

Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne, EPFL (École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne)


University of Basel (Universität Basel)*


University of Bern (Universität Bern / Université de Berne)

University of Geneva (Université de Genève)


University of Zurich, UZH (Universität Zürich)

USA

Funders

American Cancer Society

Autism Speaks

James S. Mcdonnell Foundation

Lung Cancer Research Foundation

Simons Foundation


Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

The Medical Foundation - A division of Health Resources in Action

US Department of Energy


US Environmental Protection Agency

Institutions

Boston College

Dickinson College

Emory University

Florida State University

Gettysburg College

Gustavus Adolphus College

Miami University

Portland State University

Princeton University

Rowan University

Tufts University, Medford

University of California, Berkeley

University of California, San Francisco, UCSF

University of Michigan, UM

University of Northern Colorado, UNC

University of Oklahoma, UO

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Wake Forest University, WFU*

West Virginia University, WVU*

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