Following major funders’ recent policy changes, University of Nottingham Libraries have launched a brand new Gold Open Access Funding Form to better meet the funding needs of our researchers.

The new Office 365 form is now quicker to complete and provides an overall improved user experience.

The new form should only be used to:

• apply to the block grants held by the University of Nottingham from UKRI, Wellcome Trust and British Heart Foundation for individual Article Processing Charges (APCs)
• benefit from partial APC discounts offered by certain publishers
• enable Research and Innovation to facilitate an invoice payment to a publisher using a university project code or school code

If your publication is covered by a Transformative Agreement (TA) you may not need to fill in a gold open access funding form.

How do I know if I need to use the form?

Before submitting the form, Libraries recommend:

• checking the list of Transformative Agreements(TAs) and APC Discounts
• contacting the Research Support Team via their dedicated Gold Open Access enquiry form for a more tailored enquiry. The team will be able to advise on next steps depending on your funding situation and/or the venue of publication.

University of Nottingham researchers can find out more information about open access funding, policies and the support available on the Libraries website.