Request additional Open access funding

This form should be used by NIHR award holders to raise requests for additional Open Access funding in line with the NIHR Open Access policy and funding guidance. If you have any issues or questions relating to the form, please email us at openaccess@nihr.ac.uk and we will respond as soon as possible.

Award ID (required)

Programme / Scheme

Award Holder name (as per NIHR contract) (required)

Contact email address (required)

Request amount in pounds sterling. Please enter the cost without adjusting for FEC (required)

Publications already made against this award (Either DOI or title and journal) (required)

Original costed or allocated open access amount for the award (£) (required)

Justification (required)

Any funding provided to support Open Access publications will be paid direct to the institution that holds the NIHR funding award, in line with other costs paid under the contract. The funding will only be paid where the institution holding the NIHR funding award confirms that it accepts and agrees to comply with the NIHR Open Access Publication Policy, NIHR Open Access Publication Policy Guidance and NIHR Open Access Publications Funding Guidance.

This application relates to proposed Open Access publications arising from research supported by the NIHR research contract referenced above. It cannot be used to support other publications.

Before submitting your application, please confirm that:

You are the Chief Investigator/main applicant/Director for the research supported by the NIHR research contract referenced above, and that you are duly authorised to apply for these funds by the institution holding the NIHR funding award referenced above.(required)

The institution that holds the NIHR funding award referenced above has agreed to this application for funding to support Open Access publications arising from that research and it accept and will comply with the terms of the NIHR Open Access Publication Policy, NIHR Open Access Publication Policy Guidance and the NIHR Open Access Publications Funding Guidance.(required)

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