Open access policy
What the policy applies to, how to comply, preprints, costs we'll provide and sanctions.
Open access guidance
Information for authors, publishers and research organisations about our open access policy and how to comply.
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.
Guidance for research organisations on how to implement responsible and fair approaches for research assessment
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.
Contact us
Contact us if you have a question about open access.