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Partnership

University College London supports researchers with partial or full coverage of article publishing charges (APCs) in high-impact journals, making your research instantly accessible to everyone, everywhere.

Are you eligible?

To be eligible under the partnership you need to ensure:

  • You are affiliated with the institution

  • You are the corresponding author

  • Publications must acknowledge funding from Wellcome Trust, Cancer Research UK, the British Heart Foundation, or UK Research Councils (UKRI) held at UCL.

Corresponding authors who are full UCL staff or currently enrolled UCL research students may also apply, provided no open access funding is available from their research funder. Affiliated authors must confirm the availability of funds to cover open access fees by contacting openaccess@ucl.ac.uk.

Note: Final approval is determined by your institution. If you want to confirm your eligibility before submitting, please contact your library via open-access@ucl.ac.uk.

How to submit under this partnership?

  • 1

    Registration

    Register or login to the submission portal with your institutional email address.

  • 2

    Submission

    Ensure that you are listed as the Corresponding Author.

    In the invoice section, select your institution as the payer.

    Note: Your institution’s name may appear in either English or the original local language. Please check both options if needed.

  • 3

    Eligibility check

    Frontiers will verify your eligibility.

  • 4

    Confirmation

    If your eligibility is confirmed, the APC will be paid by your university upon acceptance.

Find the best journal for your research

Join a community of researchers publishing in any of our 228 open-access journals.

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