Open access guidance

Information for authors and research organisations about our open access policy and how to comply.

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Open access policy

What the policy applies to, how to comply, preprints and costs we'll provide.

Complying with our open access policy

Guidance on making your research publication compliant with our open access policy.

Open access funding

Wellcome-funded authors can access funds to cover open access publishing costs for research papers.

Depositing your Wellcome-funded research

Information about how to deposit your research publication.

Monograph deposit

Use this online form to deposit Wellcome-funded open access monographs or book chapters.

Creative Commons Attribution licence (CC BY)

These guidelines set out the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) licence requirements, which you need to meet to comply with our open access policy.

Commitment to responsible research assessment: Wellcome and funded organisations

Guidance for Wellcome-funded organisations on research assessment approaches.

Open access guidance for Wellcome Centres and Africa and Asia Programmes

This guidance sets out how we expect Wellcome Centres and Programmes to meet our open access policy, how authors should acknowlege our funding, and how open access funds can be used.