1. Check if the journal is included on journal lists of library's agreements with some publishers (Elsevier, Oxford University Press, Sage, SpringerNature, Taylor & Francis, Wiley). If so, follow the publishers instructions.
2. If the journal is not included on Library's agreements check if the requirements for funding are fullfilled.
3. If the journal meets the requirements fill in the APC Fund Request: bit.ly/APCfund (log in with UH user account). Library checks the request during next working day and informs about the payment of the APC.
4. Remember also self-archiving (Green OA) as an open access route. You may use library's Deposit Service.
5. Need to know more? We will help at hulib-apc@helsinki.fi

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The funding is primarily for researchers without research funding for open access publishing.*

Criteria

1. The researcher/article author of the Helsinki University is the Corresponding author of the article and has a valid affiliation to University of Helsinki when submitting the article. The affiliation is checked from TUHAT database.
2. The journal is Open Access and has JUFO Classification 1, 2 or 3
3. The APC is less than 3500 €
4. The article is submitted for publishing after 1.1.2021.
5. The article is peer-reviewed research article. Funding is not available for book processing charges (BPC)
6. The article is published under CC-BY licence. In some cases also CC-BY-ND can be accepted. Read more about from our License Guide.

* Before 1.1.2021 costs for open access publishing are included in the research costs of the project funded by Academy of Finland. Therefore library will not pay these costs.