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As we start the new year, we’re providing an update on current Open Access (OA) funding available to help you prepare for submission and publication of your research in 2026.

Wellcome

Wellcome (formerly The Wellcome Trust) has renewed its institutional Open Access block grant for 2026. If your work acknowledges funding from Wellcome, you can request funding to publish your research articles Gold Open Access via our . OA publishing for Wellcome-funded monographs is managed directly with the funder – please see our for more information.

The Library facilitated just over £40k of OA payments for Wellcome-funded articles last year. In addition, we made strategic use of the Wellcome block grant to support several initiatives exploring more sustainable options for OA publication, and to increase access to research collections of potential strategic and research importance to the University. These include:

• ’s collection;
• ;
• model for Medicine and Biology;
• ’ Diamond OA Monographs OA community framework;
• membership.

You can find out more about how we seek to support innovation in scholarly publishing and community-led infrastructure via our .

Cancer Research UK (CRUK)

CRUK is in the process of undertaking a review of its current grants expenditure, and has enabled an extension of the current institutional block grant until this review is concluded. If your work acknowledges funding from CRUK, you can request funds to publish articles Gold OA via our

UKRI

Institutions are awaiting confirmation from UKRI on OA funding provision once the current institutional block grant closes in March 2026. For now, UKRI-funded authors can continue to request funds for Gold OA publication via our

More information

• Please see our knowledge base for full details of
• We provide guidance on OA publishing for
• UoM authors are able to publish papers Gold OA with a number of publishers via our .
• UoM authors are also able to share articles Open Access immediately on publication via our institutional repository without paying any Gold OA fees, through our institutional policy.
• You can use our to find journals and Open Access options for your research
• You can also if you have any specific questions on Open Access and options for your research.