> I have just applied for a UKRI grant this week and we are not allowed to put in page charges there full stop
I am highly and increasingly out of touch with how research funding is organised these days, but the MRC guidance about grants [1] says:
> Applicants should not include any costing for access publishing charges (APCs) or other types of publication in respect of peer reviewed research articles (including review articles not commissioned by publishers) and conference proceedings that acknowledge funding from the MRC.
> The charges for APCs and other publication charges for all research papers resulting from work funded by MRC (or one of the other research councils) are supported through block grants to UK HEIs, approved independent research organisations and research council institutes. A RO can then access these funds to pay for APCs for any article resulting from research council funding.
So no, you can't pay for publishing costs out of a grant, but you can pay for them out of funding the research councils have already given to your institution (and which they may have spent on property investments etc of course). is that not the case for you?
I am highly and increasingly out of touch with how research funding is organised these days, but the MRC guidance about grants [1] says:
> Applicants should not include any costing for access publishing charges (APCs) or other types of publication in respect of peer reviewed research articles (including review articles not commissioned by publishers) and conference proceedings that acknowledge funding from the MRC.
> The charges for APCs and other publication charges for all research papers resulting from work funded by MRC (or one of the other research councils) are supported through block grants to UK HEIs, approved independent research organisations and research council institutes. A RO can then access these funds to pay for APCs for any article resulting from research council funding.
So no, you can't pay for publishing costs out of a grant, but you can pay for them out of funding the research councils have already given to your institution (and which they may have spent on property investments etc of course). is that not the case for you?
[1] https://www.ukri.org/councils/mrc/guidance-for-applicants/co...