Applies to: Monographs, book chapters, edited collections
Does not apply to: Trade books, scholarly editions, exhibition catalogues, Textbooks, fictional or creative writing.
Applicable date: Long-form works published after 1 January 2024
How to meet the new requirements
Requirements:
- Ensure the final version or the accepted manuscript is openly and freely downloadable without restrictions. A Creative Commons Attribution Licence (CC BY) is preferred, but other CC licences are permitted.
- Embargoes are allowed but must not be more than 12 months.
Routes to achieve open access
- Deposit an accepted author manuscript in Pure, to be made open access within 12 months.
- Publish the final version open access with the publisher themselves. Where fees are paid, open access must be immediate.
Support mechanism:
Exceptions: (may apply)
- If, after careful consideration of your publishing venue, a publisher is unable to offer an open access option.
- If the long-form work is the result of a Training Grant
- An Open Government Licence (OGL) may be used where subject to Crown Copyright.
- Where appropriate, 3rd party copyright material (such as images, photographs, maps, figures) may be exempt from the licencing requirements or may carry more restrictive licences.
- If 3rd party copyright material prevents open access to the complete work and no other open access options are available.
Funding application process:
- Eligibility: UKRI-funded researchers
- Application: Researchers should apply for UKRI funding via St Andrews. Please follow the instructions below.
- Scope confirmation: A two-stage process has been established to ensure that authors and St Andrews receive confirmation that their outputs are in scope of the UKRI fund as they proceed with publishing agreements:
Stage 1: Submit your application as soon as possible to
openaccess@st-andrews.ac.uk. We will review and confirm the eligibility and scope of your project and register the output with UKRI.
Information required:
Date of agreed contract (if applicable)
Author name(s)
Title of monograph/chapter
UKRI grant external reference number(s)
Publisher
Proposed date of publication
Estimated cost of open access fee or alternative model
Statement about relationship of the output to the UKRI-funded project or grant, including the author's role in this
Stage 2: UKRI will review and process applications, releasing funds upon notification of publication.
If UKRI confirm that the publication is eligible for funding, the following information is required:
Date of publication
Confirmation of open access publication
Financial information
Any changes to the information provided at Stage 1
Funding available:
Funding is available for long-form publications that are published within seven years of the end of the grant acknowledged.
The maximum funding including VAT is:
Book Processing Charge (BPC) £10,000
Chapter Processing Charge (CPC) £1000
Costs of alternative models (e.g. Subscribe2Open or Diamond OA) £6000
Some funding may be allowed to cover rights clearance, within the maximum amounts allowed.
Claims and queries MUST be sent in advance of any agreement to cover fees.
Email the required information to openaccess@st-andrews.ac.uk.
