Open Access Publishing

You may also want to consider applying for external funding for your publication costs, through schemes such as:

• Paul Mellon Publication Grant

The grant is either a maximum of £7,000 when applied for by a publisher, £3,000 when applied for by an author or a maximum £10,000 when jointly applied for by both author and publisher. Smaller grants of £1,000 can also be awarded to authors of short-form publications, such as articles.

• Pasold Publication Grant

Up to £1000.

• Design History Society Research Publication Grant

Up to £1000 per individual. 

• BA/Leverhulme Small Grant

Up to £10,000, but publication costs must be fully justified: "Provided they are central to the research process and an adequate case is made, the costs of preparing illustrations (including photography, acquisition of images, draughtsmanship and cartography or other bespoke illustrative material) may be considered. The cost of reproduction rights for text or images may be considered provided there is a contract for publication in place". Please note the following costs are not eligible: "the preparation of camera-ready copy, copy-editing, proof-reading, indexing, nor any other editorial task; subventions for direct production costs (printing, binding, distribution, marketing etc); costs of publication in electronic media".

If your discipline has a specific subject association, it is also worth checking their funding schemes to see if they have any funds which will cover publication costs.