The policy applies to all peer-reviewed research articles, including reviews not commissioned by publishers, submitted for publication on or after 1 June 2022 than arise from CSO grants and CSO fellowships.
- Articles must be immediately, freely and openly accessible to all.
- The most up to date Version of Record or the Author Accepted Manuscript of in-scope articles must be made freely available through Europe PMC by the official final publication date, without any embargo period.
- CSO will reimburse open access fees such as an article processing charge (APC) required by a publisher for articles that stem from a CSO award. This funding is provided on the basis that the publisher makes the Version of Record freely available on the publishing journal platform at the time of publication AND deposits the Version of Record in PMC to allow that content to be shared with Europe PMC also at the time of publication.
- These requirements should not prevent researchers from also depositing a copy in their institutional or another subject based repository.
- Peer reviewed articles from CSO grants and Fellowships must give appropriate acknowledgement of CSO using the unique award identifier in the funding or acknowledgement section of the manuscript.
- All articles that acknowledge CSO as a funder should be published under a Creative Commons Attribution licence (CC BY) licence to ensure maximum impact. This permits all users of CSO-funded articles to disseminate and build upon the material for any purpose without further permission or fees being required.
Funding will be limited to £8,000 per standard CSO committee grant or Fellowship and must be applied for within 18 months of financial reconciliation of the grant. If we are not the only funder acknowledged on the paper then the PI must confirm we are the majority funder or explain why the application for funds is being sent to CSO.
Any exceptions to the CC BY licence must be applied for in advance with justifications.
Form 6a can be used to apply for the funding.
Please direct open access reimbursement requests as appropriate: