The Leverhulme Trust does not currently require either mandatory archiving, or open access publication for research outputs. However you are permitted to include open access charges as an expense.
How do I comply?
You can make your work open access by self-archiving in Pure or publishing open access in a peer-reviewed journal or open research platform.
Publishing open access in a journal or publishing platform
Authors are recommended to publish in a journal fully covered by one of our existing publisher agreements.
Use our search tool to check if a particular journal is covered.
If the chosen journal is not covered by an agreement, you are permitted to include open access charges as an expense.
Eligibility criteria
- The Article Processing Charge (APC) should be included either within the 25% associated costs allowable on Research Project Grants and Research Programme Grants or within the research expenses category for Fellowships.
- APCs should only be incurred during the period of a Leverhulme award, rather than being built into a budget but with anticipated expenditure after the research and award has concluded.
- If the APCs are not incurred during the life of the grant, the funds cannot be switched to any other budget heading, and must be returned to the Trust.