Researchers funded by the seven UK Research Councils (AHRC, BBSRC, EPSRC, ESRC, MRC, NERC and STFC) are advised that the UKRI block grant is closed to new applications with immediate effect.

The current Charities Open Access Fund (COAF) will end on the 30 September 2020 and in addition the Wellcome Trust are introducing a new open access policy for their funded projects that comes into force on the 1 January 2021.