Funder compliance
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
If you are funded by the NIH…
... you will be required to deposit the final manuscript of your journal article in PubMed Central (PMC) , and ensure it is freely available within 12 months of publication. Springer journals are perfectly ready to meet this requirement for open access articles, and permit authors of subscription articles to self-archive the accepted manuscript. Additional information on Springer’s self-archiving policy
If you choose to publish your article as open access within the Springer Open Choice program, Springer deposits the final published version of your article into PubMed Central and it is made publicly accessible. The copyright will remain with you and the article will be published under the Creative Commons Attribution License.
If you choose to publish your article with the traditional subscription-based model (without open access), you can self-archive the accepted manuscript of your article into the NIH Manuscript Submission System, from where it will be sent to PubMed Central and made publicly available 12 months after publication.
If you are employed by the NIH…
... you cannot transfer your copyright to the publisher. Our publishing workflow is perfectly ready to meet this need and will allow you to fully comply.
NIH intramural authors also need to submit the accepted article manuscript to the NIHMS via http://www.nihms.nih.gov/ themselves, so that it is available on PMC 12 months after official publication. Please visit Springer’s self-archiving policy for further details. So NIH employees/NIH intramural authors should not indicate that they are NIH funded (I am NIH funded – ‘No’) as you need to submit the accepted manuscript version of the article yourself to PubMed Central.
Additional information on Springer’s self-archiving policy
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Research Councils UK (RCUK)
If you are funded by the RCUK ...
... Springer is the publisher of choice for your work and will assist you in complying with your funder’s policy in support of open and unrestricted access to research literature.
The majority of Springer journals are hybrid journals and you can choose to have your article published open access within the Open Choice program. You will be given that option as soon as your article has been accepted for publication after peer review, and we will handle the administrative process.
SpringerOpen, our portfolio of fully open access journals and books across all areas of science, also offers our authors the opportunity to publish open access.
The cost of having your journal article and book published open access is covered by the RCUK. Please see the RCUK policy for details.
If you opt for publishing your journal article open access, it will be published under the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license and will be immediately freely available to everyone everywhere. Furthermore, you can keep the copyright and do not have to worry about depositing your article into PubMed Central. Springer will deposit the final published version of your article into PubMed Central and make it freely available at the time of publication.
Watch this video from BioMed Central to learn what the new RCUK Open Access Policy means for researchers in the UK.
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Wellcome Trust
If you are funded by the Wellcome Trust ...
... Springer is the publisher of choice for your work and will assist you in complying with your funder’s policy in support of open and unrestricted access to research literature.
The majority of Springer journals are hybrid journals and you can choose to have your article published open access within the Open Choice program. You will be given that option as soon as your article has been accepted for publication after peer review, and we will handle the administrative process.
SpringerOpen, our portfolio of fully open access journals and books across all areas of science, also offers our authors the opportunity to publish open access.
The cost of having your journal article and book published open access is covered by the Wellcome Trust. Please see the Wellcome Trust Authors' Guide for details.
If you opt for publishing your journal article open access, it will be published under the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license and will be immediately freely available to everyone everywhere. Furthermore, you can keep the copyright and do not have to worry about depositing your article into PubMed Central. Springer will deposit the final published version of your article into PubMed Central and make it freely available at the time of publication.
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Telethon Compliance
If you are funded by Telethon ...
... Springer is the publisher of choice for your work and will assist you in complying with your funder’s policy in support of open and unrestricted access to research literature.
The majority of Springer journals are hybrid journals and you can choose to have your article published open access within the Open Choice program. You will be given that option as soon as your article has been accepted for publication after peer review, and we will handle the administrative process.
SpringerOpen, our portfolio of fully open access journals and books across all areas of science, also offers our authors the opportunity to publish open access.
The cost of having your article published open access is covered by Telethon. Please see the Telethon Open Access Policy for details.
If you opt for publishing your article with open access, it will be published under the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license and will be immediately freely available to everyone everywhere. Furthermore, you can keep the copyright and do not have to worry about depositing your article into PubMed Central. Springer will deposit the final published version of your article into PubMed Central and make it freely available at the time of publication.