Individual Institutional Agreements | Open science

To support authors in publishing open access (OA), Springer Nature partners with institutions globally to provide flexible agreements that help cover OA publication costs (known as article processing charges, or APCs). These agreements allow authors from eligible institutions to publish in Springer Nature’s fully OA journals across BMC, Springer, Discover, Palgrave Macmillan and the Nature portfolio with financial support from their institution.

Depending on the terms of the agreement, your institution may offer:

Full APC coverage - 100% of the APC is paid by the institution
A percentage discount - e.g. 10% off the list price APC
Fixed price coverage - e.g. up to €1,000 paid by the institution

Participating institutions A-Z by country

Explore existing institutional agreements below - note the ''✓'' for which journal brands are included in the agreement. For more information on your institution's criteria and journal selection, please reach out to your librarian.

Australia

Institutions	BioMed Central	Nature Portfolio	Palgrave Macmillan	Springer	Discover
Adelaide University	✓	–	–	–	✓
Australian Catholic University Limited	✓	–	–	–	✓
Deakin University	✓	–	–	–	✓
La Trobe University	✓	–	–	–	✓
Monash University	✓	–	–	–	✓
University of Melbourne	✓	–	–	–	✓
University of Western Australia	✓	–	–	–	✓

Austria

Institutions	BioMed Central	Nature Portfolio	Palgrave Macmillan	Springer	Discover
Graz University of Technology	✓	–	–	✓	✓
TU Wien (TUW)	✓	–	–	✓	✓
University of Innsbruck and Medical University of Innsbruck	✓	–	–	✓	✓
University of Vienna	✓	–	–	✓	✓

Brazil

Institutions	BioMed Central	Nature Portfolio	Palgrave Macmillan	Springer	Discover
Escola Nacional de Saude Publica Sergio Arouca	✓	–	–	✓	✓
Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein	✓	–	–	–	–

Canada

Institutions	BioMed Central	Nature Portfolio	Palgrave Macmillan	Springer	Discover
Dalhousie University	✓	–	–	✓	✓
Health Systems Global	✓	–	–	✓	✓
Université de Montréal	✓	–	–	✓	✓
Université Laval	✓	–	–	✓	✓
University of British Columbia	✓	–	–	✓	✓
University of Manitoba	✓	–	–	✓	✓
University of Saskatchewan	✓	–	–	✓	✓
University of Waterloo	✓	–	–	✓	✓
University of Windsor	✓	–	–	✓	✓

Chile

Institutions	BioMed Central	Nature Portfolio	Palgrave Macmillan	Springer	Discover
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	✓	–	–	✓	✓

China

Institutions	BioMed Central	Nature Portfolio	Palgrave Macmillan	Springer	Discover
National Institute of Parasitic Diseases China	✓	–	–	✓	✓
The Chinese University of Hong Kong	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
The University of Hong Kong	✓	–	–	✓	✓
University of Macau	✓	–	–	✓	✓

Colombia

Institutions	BioMed Central	Nature Portfolio	Palgrave Macmillan	Springer	Discover
Universidad del Rosario	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓

Denmark

Institutions	BioMed Central	Nature Portfolio	Palgrave Macmillan	Springer	Discover
Copenhagen University	✓	–	–	✓	✓
Danish Air Ambulance	✓	–	–	✓	✓
University of Southern Denmark	✓	–	–	✓	✓

Finland

Institutions	BioMed Central	Nature Portfolio	Palgrave Macmillan	Springer	Discover
Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare	✓	–	–	✓	✓
Tampere University (including Tampere University Hospital)	✓	–	–	✓	✓
University of Helsinki (including Helsinki University Central Hospital)	✓	–	–	✓	✓
University of Oulu (including Oulu University Hospital)	✓	–	–	✓	✓

France

Institutions	BioMed Central	Nature Portfolio	Palgrave Macmillan	Springer	Discover
Institut Pasteur	✓	–	–	✓	✓

Germany

Institutions	BioMed Central	Nature Portfolio	Palgrave Macmillan	Springer	Discover
Albatros Entwicklungs- und Vertriebs GmbH	✓	–	–	✓	✓
Bayer AG	✓	–	–	✓	✓

India

Institutions	BioMed Central	Nature Portfolio	Palgrave Macmillan	Springer	Discover
Birla Institute of Technology and Science	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
B.M.S. College of Engineering	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
COEP Technological University	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Datta Meghe Institute of Higher Education	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Dayananda Sagar University	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Dr. DY Patil Vidyapeeth, Pune (Deemed to be University)	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
D.Y. Patil (Deemed to be University), Navi Mumbai	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Manipal University Jaipur	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Parul University	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Sharda University	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Shiv Nadar University	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Siksha 'O' Anusandhan	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
SRM Institute of Science & Technology	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
SRM University-AP	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Symbiosis International University	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Vellore Institute of Technology	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Vellore Institute of Technology- AP University	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓

Indonesia

Institutions	BioMed Central	Nature Portfolio	Palgrave Macmillan	Springer	Discover
Universitas Gadjah Mada	✓	–	–	✓	✓
University of Padjadjaran	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓

Ireland

Institutions	BioMed Central	Nature Portfolio	Palgrave Macmillan	Springer	Discover
Teagasc - Agriculture & Food	✓	–	–	✓	✓

Israel

Institutions	BioMed Central	Nature Portfolio	Palgrave Macmillan	Springer	Discover
Weizmann Institute of Science	✓	-	-	✓	✓

Italy

Institutions	BioMed Central	Nature Portfolio	Palgrave Macmillan	Springer	Discover
Centro di Riferimento Oncologico Aviano IRCCS	✓	–	–	✓	✓
Unità Sanitaria Locale of Cinzia Storchi	✓	–	–	✓	✓
Università degli Studi dell'Insubria	✓	–	–	✓	✓
Università degli Studi di Brescia	✓	–	–	✓	✓
Università degli Studi di Milano	✓	–	–	✓	✓
Università degli Studi di Milano - Bicocca	✓	–	–	✓	✓
Università degli Studi di Torino	✓	–	–	✓	✓

Japan

Institutions	BioMed Central	Nature Portfolio	Palgrave Macmillan	Springer	Discover
Toho University	✓	–	–	✓	✓
Tokyo Women's Medical University	✓	–	–	✓	✓

Netherlands

Institutions	BioMed Central	Nature Portfolio	Palgrave Macmillan	Springer	Discover
Maastricht University	✓	–	–	✓	✓
NIVEL - The Netherlands Institute for Health Services Research	✓	–	–	✓	✓
Radboud University	✓	–	–	✓	✓
University of Amsterdam	✓	–	–	✓	✓
University Medical Center Rotterdam (Erasmus MC)	✓	–	–	✓	✓
University of Groningen	✓	–	–	✓	✓
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam	✓	–	–	✓	✓

Norway

Institutions	BioMed Central	Nature Portfolio	Palgrave Macmillan	Springer	Discover
UiB University of Bergen, Norway	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
UiT The Arctic University of Norway	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
University of Oslo (incl Oslo University Hospital)	✓	–	–	✓	✓

Portugal

Institutions	BioMed Central	Nature Portfolio	Palgrave Macmillan	Springer	Discover
Unidade Local de Saúde de Coimbra	✓	–	–	✓	✓

South Africa

Institutions	BioMed Central	Nature Portfolio	Palgrave Macmillan	Springer	Discover
University of South Africa	✓	–	–	✓	✓
TB/HIV Care Association	✓	–	–	✓	✓
University of Cape Town	✓	–	–	✓	✓

South Korea

Institutions	BioMed Central	Nature Portfolio	Palgrave Macmillan	Springer	Discover
Catholic University of Korea, College of Medicine	✓	–	–	✓	✓
Korea University Medical Library	✓	–	–	✓	✓
KyungHee University Medical Center	✓	–	–	✓	✓
Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)	✓	–	–	✓	✓
Seoul National University	✓	–	–	✓	✓
Sookmyung Womens University	✓	–	–	✓	✓
Yonsei University Health System	✓	–	–	✓	✓

Spain

Institutions	BioMed Central	Nature Portfolio	Palgrave Macmillan	Springer	Discover
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas (CSIC)	–	✓	–	–	–
Fundación Vasca de Innovación e Investigación Sanitaria (BIOEF)	✓	–	–	✓	✓
IDIAP Jordi Gol	✓	–	–	✓	✓
Instituto de Salud Carlos III	✓	–	–	✓	✓
Servei Català de la Salut	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Universidad de Cadiz	✓	–	–	✓	✓
Universidad de las Palmas de Gran Canaria	✓	–	–	✓	✓
Universidad Pública de Navarra	✓	–	–	✓	✓
Universitat Pompeu Fabra	✓	–	–	✓	✓

Switzerland

Institutions	BioMed Central	Nature Portfolio	Palgrave Macmillan	Springer	Discover
ETH Zürich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich)	✓	–	–	✓	✓
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences	✓	–	–	✓	✓

Taiwan

Institutions	BioMed Central	Nature Portfolio	Palgrave Macmillan	Springer	Discover
National Cheng Kung University	✓	–	–	✓	✓
National Health Research Institutes (NHRI)	✓	–	–	✓	✓
National Taiwan Normal University	✓	–	–	✓	✓
National Taiwan University	✓	–	–	✓	✓
National Tsing Hua University	✓	–	–	✓	✓
Taipei Medical University	✓	–	–	✓	✓

Thailand

Institutions	BioMed Central	Nature Portfolio	Palgrave Macmillan	Springer	Discover
Mahidol University	✓	–	–	✓	✓
Chiang Mai University	✓	–	–	✓	✓

Trinidad and Tobago

Institutions	BioMed Central	Nature Portfolio	Palgrave Macmillan	Springer	Discover
University of the West Indies	✓	–	–	✓	✓

UK

Institutions	BioMed Central	Nature Portfolio	Palgrave Macmillan	Springer	Discover
British American Tobacco Group Research & Development Centre	✓	–	–	✓	✓
RESYST Consortium	✓	–	–	✓	✓
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	✓	–	–	✓	✓

USA

Institutions	BioMed Central	Nature Portfolio	Palgrave Macmillan	Springer	Discover
Baylor University	✓	–	–	✓	✓
Boston College	✓	–	–	✓	✓
Brown University	✓	–	–	✓	✓
Florida International University	✓	–	–	✓	✓
Fogarty International Center Center for Global Health Studies	✓	–	–	✓	✓
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai	✓	–	–	✓	✓
Indiana University at Bloomington	✓	–	–	✓	✓
J. Craig Venter Institute	✓	–	–	✓	✓
Johns Hopkins University	✓	–	–	✓	✓
Kaiser Foundation	✓	–	–	✓	✓
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)	✓	–	–	✓	✓
MD Anderson Cancer Center	✓	–	–	✓	✓
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center	✓	–	–	✓	✓
New England Biolabs	✓	–	–	✓	✓
New York College of Podiatric Medicine	✓	–	–	✓	✓
New York University (NYU)	✓	–	–	✓	✓
Northeastern University USA	✓	–	–	✓	✓
Ohio University	✓	–	–	✓	✓
Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine	✓	–	–	✓	✓
PIH Health	✓	–	–	✓	✓
Purdue University	✓	–	–	✓	✓
RAND Corporation	✓	–	–	✓	✓
Rice University	✓	–	–	✓	✓
Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center	✓	–	–	✓	✓
Sage Bionetworks	✓	–	–	✓	✓
Stanford University	✓	–	–	✓	✓
Stowers Institute for Medical Research	✓	–	–	✓	✓
SUNY Upstate Medical University	✓	–	–	✓	✓
Syracuse University	✓	–	–	✓	✓
Temple University	✓	–	–	✓	✓
Texas Woman's University	✓	–	–	✓	✓
Tufts University	✓	–	–	✓	✓
University of Arizona	✓	–	–	✓	✓
University of Delaware	✓	–	–	✓	✓
University of Denver	✓	–	–	✓	✓
University of Florida	✓	–	–	✓	✓
University of Georgia	✓	–	–	✓	✓
University of Houston	✓	–	–	✓	✓
University of Iowa	✓	–	–	✓	✓
University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School	✓	–	–	✓	✓
University of Michigan	✓	–	–	✓	✓
University of New Hampshire	✓	–	–	✓	✓
Vanderbilt University	✓	–	–	✓	✓
Virginia Tech	✓	–	–	✓	✓
Washington State University	✓	–	–	✓	✓
Wayne State University	✓	–	–	✓	✓

Venezuela

Institutions	BioMed Central	Nature Portfolio	Palgrave Macmillan	Springer	Discover
Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Cientificas - IVIC	✓	–	–	✓	✓

FAQs

Who is considered the corresponding author?

The corresponding author is defined as the person who handles the manuscript and correspondence during the publication process – from manuscript correction and proof reading, to handling the revisions and re-submission of revised manuscripts up to the acceptance of the manuscripts.

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