Institutional Partners
We provide several models for institutions to support their authors’ work at PLOS, either through direct payment of APCs (direct-billing), Flat Fee contributions towards future publications, or Community Action Publishing membership.
Institutions listed below have partnered with PLOS in one or more agreements to make Open Access more accessible to their authors.
Please note, with exception of our Community Action Publishing partners for PLOS Biology and PLOS Medicine (indicated below as “CAP Member”), institutional funds are applied to corresponding authors. Institutions reserve the right to accept or reject who they will fund per their internal funding policies. For APCs in which the institution does not accept responsibility per their review, PLOS will invoice the authors individually.
For more information about our partnership programs and author benefits, please see the links below.
- Author FAQs
- Community Action Publishing benefits (authors)
- Institutional partnerships at PLOS
- Community Action Publishing membership (institutions)
If you have any questions about PLOS Institutional Partnerships, please direct your questions via email to: InstitutionalAccounts@plos.org.
Contact your institution directly if you have questions on their internal funding policies.
Institutions are listed by country:
A-D | E-J | K-N | O-T | UK | US | V-Z
Australia
- Victoria University
Melbourne, Australia
Open Access Policy
Canada
- Simon Fraser University
British Columbia, Canada
Open Access Policy
Croatia
- Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences Library
University of Zagreb
Zagreb, Croatia
Colombia
- Universidad del Rosario
Bogotá, Colombia
Germany
- Bayer AG
Leverkusen, Germany - Bielefeld University
Bielefeld, Germany
Open Access Policy - Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg
Oldenberg, Germany
Open Access Policy
*Covers PLOS ONE only - Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main
Frankfurt am Main, Germany
*Covers PLOS ONE only - Freie Universitaet Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Open Access Policy
*Covers PLOS ONE only - Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres
Open Access Policy- Forschungszentrum Jülich
Julich, Germany - Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ
Leipzig, Germany - Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research
Braunschweig, Germany - Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht
Geesthacht, Germany - Helmholtz Zentrum Dresden Rossendorf
Dresden, Germany - Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Karlsruhe, Germany - Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC)
Berlin, Germany
- Forschungszentrum Jülich
- JLU Giessen
Giessen, Germany
Open Access Policy - Leipzig University
Leipzig, Germany
Open Access Policy
*Covers PLOS ONE only - Max Planck Institutes
Muenchen, Germany
Open Access Policy - Medizinische Hochschule Hannover (MHH)
Hannover, Germany
Open Access Policy
*Covers PLOS ONE only - Ruhr University Bochum
Bochum, Germany
Open Access Policy - Technische Universität Darmstadt
Darmstadt, Germany
Open Access Policy
*Covers all PLOS Journals, EXCEPT for PLOS Biology and PLOS Medicine - Technische Universität München
Munich, Germany
Open Access Policy *Covers PLOS ONE only, if a funding application has been submitted and approved. - Ulm University
Ulm, Germany
*Covers PLOS ONE only - University of Göttingen
Göttingen, Germany
Open Access Policy - University of Potsdam
Potsdam, Germany
Open Access Policy - University of Regensburg
Regensburg, Germany
Open Access Policy - University of Stuttgart
Stuttgart, Germany
Open Access Policy
Hungary
- Semmelweis University
Budapest, Hungary - University of Szeged
Szeged, Hungary
Open Access Policy
Luxembourg
- Institute for Health & Behavior
University of Luxembourg
Walferdange, Luxembourg
Open Access Policy - Luxembourg National Research Fund
Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
Open Access Policy
Mexico
- CINVESTAV Unidad Irapuato
Irapuato, Guanajuato, Mexico
Netherlands
- Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Open Access Policy - Delft University of Technology
Delft, Netherlands
Open Access Policy
Qatar
- Qatar National Library
Education City, Qatar- ABP – Academic Bridge Program
- AFG College with the University of Aberdeen
- Ahmed Bin Mohammed Military College
- Al-Ahli Hospital
- Amiri Diwan
- Anti Doping Lab Qatar
- Aspetar
- Aspire Academy for Sports Excellence
- Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar
- City College Qatar
- College of the North Atlantic Qatar
- Community College Qatar
- Doha Center for Media Freedom
- Doha College
- Doha Institute
- Georgetown University in Qatar
- Gulf Organisation for Research & Development
- Hamad bin Khalifa University
- Hamad General Hospital
- Hamad Medical Corporation
- HEC Paris in Qatar
- Ministry of Culture and Sport
- Ministry of Education and Higher Education
- Ministry of Interior
- Ministry of Municipality and Environment
- Ministry of Public health
- Msheireb Museum
- Museum of Islamic Art
- National Center for Cancer Care and Research
- Northwestern University in Qatar
- Primary Health Care Corporation
- Qatar Biomedical Research Institute
- Qatar Cardiovascular Research Center
- Qatar Central Bank
- Qatar Computing Research Institute
- Qatar Diabetes Association
- Qatar Environment and Energy Research Institute
- Qatar Faculty of Islamic Studies
- Qatar Foundation
- Qatar Mobility Innovations Center
- Qatar National Library
- Qatar National Museum
- Qatar Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Hospital
- Qatar Petroleum
- Qatar Science & Technology Park
- Qatar University
- Rule of Law & Anti-Corruption Center
- Sidra Medical and Research Center
- Texas A&M University at Qatar
- Translation and Interpreting Institution
- University College London Qatar
- University of Calgary in Qatar
- Virginia Commonwealth University Qatar
- Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar
Singapore
- Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory
Singapore
Spain
- Foundation for Biosanitary Research and Innovation in Primary Care of the Community of Madrid (FIIBAP)
Madrid, Spain
* Covers PLOS ONE only - Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas (CSIC)
Spain
* Covers PLOS ONE only
Open Access Policy - Fundación para la Investigación e Innovación Biomédica del Hospital Universitario Infanta Sofía y Hospital Universitario del Henares (FIIB HUIS HHEN)
Spain
Open Access Policy
Sweden
- Karolinska Institutet
Stockholm, Sweden
* 2019 Pilot has now ended as of Oct 17, 2019. If you have questions, please contact the KI Library at ub@ki.se) - Lund University
Lund, Sweden
Open Access Policy - Stockholm University
Stockholm, Sweden
Open Access Policy - University of Gothenburg
Gothenburg, Sweden
Open Access Policy
Switzerland
- École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Lausanne, Switzerland
Open Access Policy - ETH Zurich
Zurich, Switzerland
Open Access Policy - ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences
Winterthur, Switzerland
Open Access Policy
* ZHAW will pay 50% of the APC / Author will pay 50% of APC
United Kingdom
Please note that some UK Institutions will only provide Open Access funding for publication costs associated with research projects that are funded by Research Council UK (RCUK), Charity Open Access Fund (COAF) or Wellcome Trust grants. The Wellcome Trust will refund Open Access publication costs related to their grants, even after the grant is closed. Beginning 1 April 2013, RCUK provided separate APC block grants to designated UK institutions to pay for Open Access publication costs. See below for institutions with such restrictions.
- Brunel University
Middlesex, United Kingdom
Open Access Policy - Imperial College London
London, United Kingdom
Open Access Policy - John Innes Centre
Norwich, United Kingdom
*RCUK funded authors only - Leeds Beckett University (School of Clinical and Applied Sciences Only)
Leeds, United Kingdom
Open Access Policy - Liverpool John Moores University
Liverpool, England
*CAP Member for PLOS Biology and PLOS Medicine. Corresponding authors at these journals face no publication fees. Co-authors receive a 25% discount on the non-member fee. - Newcastle University
Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
Open Access Policy
*CAP Member for PLOS Medicine. Corresponding authors face no publication fees. Co-authors receive a 25% discount on the non-member fee.
*All other PLOS journals: Fee support provided for RCUK funded authors only - Nottingham Trent University
Nottingham, United Kingdom
Open Access Policy - Queen Mary University of London
London, United Kingdom
Open Access Policy
*RCUK and Wellcome Trust funded authors only - Queen’s University Belfast
Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Open Access Policy
*CAP Member for PLOS Biology and PLOS Medicine. Corresponding authors at these journals face no publication fees. Co-authors receive a 25% discount on the non-member fee. - The Francis Crick Institute
London, United Kingdom - University College London (UCL)
London, United Kingdom
Open Access Policy - University of Birmingham
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Open Access Policy - University of Bristol
Bristol, United Kingdom
Open Access Policy
*COAF and RCUK funded authors only - University of Edinburgh
Edingburgh, United Kingdom
Open Access Policy
*COAF, RCUK and Wellcome funded authors only - University of Glasgow
Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
Open Access Policy
*RCUK and Wellcome Trust funded authors only - University of Hull
Hull, United Kingdom
Open Access Policy - University of Leeds
Leeds, United Kingdom
Open Access Policy
*RCUK funded authors only - University of Manchester
Manchester, United Kingdom
Open Access Policy
*RCUK, COAF and Wellcome Trust authors only - University of Reading
Reading, United Kingdom
Open Access Policy
*RCUK funded authors only - University of Salford
Salford, United Kingdom
Open Access Policy - University of Sheffield
Sheffield, United Kingdom
Open Access Policy
*COAF, RCUK and Wellcome funded authors only - University of St. Andrews
Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom
Open Access Policy - University of Stirling
Scotland, United Kingdom
Open Access Policy - University of Surrey
Surrey, United Kingdom
Open Access Policy - University of Warwick
Coventry, United Kingdom
Open Access Policy
*RCUK funded authors only - University of York
York, United Kingdom
Open Access Policy
*COAF and RCUK funded authors only
United States
- Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (serviced by Chronos)
Seattle, Washington
Open Access Policy | OA Policy FAQ - Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Open Access Policy
*Thanks to a partnership between the Carnegie Mellon University library and PLOS, Carnegie Mellon University corresponding authors do not have publishing charges. - George Mason University
Fairfax, Virginia
Open Access Policy - Iowa State University
Ames, Iowa
Open Access Policy
*Thanks to a partnership between the Iowa State University library and PLOS, Iowa State corresponding authors do not have publishing charges. - Macalester College
St. Paul, Minnesota
Open Access Policy - National Institute of Health (NIH)
c/o NIH Library
Bethesda, Maryland
Open Access Policy
*(effective Aug 1, 2019) - Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (PCOM)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Open Access Policy
*Covers PLOS ONE only - Rollins College
Winter Park, Florida - Rice University
Houston, Texas
Open Access Policy
*Rice Univ will pay 50% of APC / Author will pay 50% of APC (effective Aug 1, 2019) - University of California
All Campuses, California
Open Access Policy
Effective April 1, 2020 California Digital Library will pay the first $1,000 of the APC for all UC authors who publish with PLOS
Venezuela
- Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Cientificas
Caracas, Venezuela
Open Access Policy