Authors funded by the following bodies are eligible for the ERJ open access CC-BY option:
- European Commission Horizon 2020 Programme
- World Health Organization
- UK Research and Innovation (formerly Research Councils UK)
- Wellcome Trust
- Austrian Science Fund (FWF)
- Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
- Telethon Foundation
- British Heart Foundation
- Cancer Research UK
- Worldwide Cancer Research
- UK Department of Health (including National Institute for Health Research)
- Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
- Swedish Research Council (Vetenskapsrådet)
- Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation
- Belgian Science Policy Office (BELSPO)
- Research Council of Lithuania (Lietuvos Mokslo Taryba)
- Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF)
If you believe that your funder mandates the use of a CC-BY licence but it is not on this list, please contact the managing editor, Neil Bullen (neil.bullen@ersnet.org) providing details of your funder’s policy.
Corresponding authors from institutions participating in the transformative deals may be eligible to publish their article under a CC-BY licence at no cost. For more information, visit the transformative deals page: https://www.ersjournals.com/ers-transformative-deals​
This page was updated on 8 February 2023