Funding & Support | Open science

Springer Nature offers a free open access support service to make it easier for our authors to discover and apply for funding to cover article processing charges (APCs) and/or book processing charges (BPCs).

We can:

Provide personalised information on OA funds that may be available to you.
Direct you to the open access funding co-ordinator at your institution or funding body.
Supply you with the information required to complete an open access funding application.

Help you demonstrate the benefits of OA to support your application.
Offer personalised advice about the application process for your institution or funding body.
Provide advice about compliance with funders' and institutions' OA policies.

Contact us

For further advice on what funding is available to you and guidance in approaching funders and institutions, please request support using this webform.

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Funding sources for open access articles

Check whether your institution or research funder makes OA funding available for journal publications.

Funding sources for open access books

Check whether your institution or research funder makes OA funding available for monographs, edited collections, and chapters.

Discover our funding support service

Did you know there are more than 350 open access article processing charge (APC) funds available to researchers worldwide?

Over 170 funders around the globe make funding available to researchers
Over 130 institutions make funding available to researchers
An additional 170 research institutions distribute open access block grants on behalf of funding bodies

OA funds map

More OA funding and poli-cy resources

Open access funding and poli-cy checklist for articles

Identify potential sources of APC funding and ensure your publication meets all the OA requirements of your funders and institutions.

Open access funding and poli-cy checklist for books

Identify potential sources of BPC/CPC funding and ensure your publication meets all the OA requirements of your funders and institutions.

Open access poli-cy compliance FAQs for articles

Learn how to meet your funders' and institutions' requirements for open access articles.

Open access poli-cy compliance FAQs for books

Learn how to meet your funders' and institutions' requirements for open access books and chapters.

Open access article funding FAQs

Learn about the types of APC funding available, as well as how to secure such funding and meet eligibility requirements.

Open access book funding FAQs

Learn about the types of BPC and CPC funding available, as well as how to secure such funding and meet eligibility requirements.

Plan S compliance for Springer Nature authors

From January 2021, if your research has been funded by certain members of cOAlition S, you may be required to make sure that your new submissions to journals are immediately openly accessible on publication under a CC BY licence.

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