Financial support for authors

If the first author is affiliated to one of the institutes of the ETH Zurich, the article processing charges will be settled automatically between Copernicus Publications and the ETH-Bibliothek. This arrangement is valid for any submission after 1 October 2014 (receipt of electronic manuscript files).

The institutional agreement with the Freie Universität Berlin (FU Berlin) covers papers with article processing charges up to €2,000 (gross) if the first affiliation of the corresponding author is FU Berlin. The APCs will then be settled directly between Copernicus Publications and the university library of the FU Berlin. If APCs exceed €2,000 (gross), FU Berlin will not cover any of the costs. This arrangement is valid for submissions after 7 February 2018 (receipt of electronic manuscript files).

The institutional agreement with the SUB (Niedersächsische Staat- und Universitätsbibliothek) covers papers with article processing charges (APCs) up to €2,000 (gross) if the corresponding author of the paper is affiliated to the Georg-August-Universität Göttingen. The APCs will then be settled directly between Copernicus Publications and the SUB. If APCs exceed €2,000 (gross), SUB will cover only half of the costs. The arrangement is valid for submissions after 1 January 2016 (receipt of electronic manuscript files).

If the first author is affiliated to one of the following research centres of the Helmholtz Association, the article processing charges will be settled automatically between Copernicus Publications and the Helmholtz Centres. Contact your local library to learn more about the internal procedure at your centre:

- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron – DESY (valid for submissions after 1 May 2012)
- Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt – DLR (valid for submissions after 1 November 2012)
- Forschungszentrum Jülich (valid for submissions after 1 January 2012)
- German Research Centre for Geosciences – GFZ (valid for submissions after 1 January 2012)
- Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ (valid for submissions after 1 January 2012)
- Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel – GEOMAR (valid for submissions after 1 August 2012)
- Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research – AWI (valid for submissions after 1 January 2016)
- Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf – HZDR (valid for submissions after 1 October 2012)
- Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht – HZG (valid for submissions after 1 January 2013)
- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology – KIT (valid for submissions after 1 May 2012)

The institutional agreement with the Leibniz Association covers papers with article processing charges (APCs) up to €2,000 (gross) if the corresponding author of the paper is affiliated to one of the following Leibniz institutes:

- Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB)
- German National Library of Science and Technology (TIB)
- Leibniz Center for Tropical Marine Ecology (ZMT)

The APCs will then be settled directly between Copernicus Publications and the respective Leibniz institute. If APCs exceed €2,000 (gross), Leibniz Association will not cover any of the costs. The arrangement is valid for submissions after 1 September 2016 (receipt of electronic manuscript files).

The institutional agreement with the TIB (Technische Informationsbibliothek) covers papers with article processing charges (APCs) up to €2,000 (gross) if the corresponding author of the paper is affiliated to the Leibniz Universität Hannover. The APCs will then be settled directly between Copernicus Publications and the TIB. If APCs exceed €2,000 (gross), TIB will not cover any of the costs. The arrangement is valid for submissions after 1 January 2016 (receipt of electronic manuscript files).

If the corresponding author (first author until 31 December 2016) is affiliated to one of the research units of the Max Planck Society, the article processing charges will be settled automatically between Copernicus Publications and the Max Planck Society.

If the first author is affiliated to the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), the article processing charges will be settled automatically between Copernicus Publications and the PIK. This arrangement is valid for any submission after 23 August 2017 (receipt of electronic manuscript files).

If the corresponding author is affiliated to one of the institutes of the Stockholm University, the article processing charges will be settled automatically between Copernicus Publications and the Stockholm University. This arrangement is valid for any submission after 24 January 2018 (receipt of electronic manuscript files).

The TU Darmstadt promotes publication of research articles in open-access journals with an open-access publishing fund for its members, which is supported by the German Research Foundation (DFG). The institutional agreement with Technische Universität Darmstadt covers papers with article processing charges up to €2,000 (gross) if the corresponding author of the paper is affiliated to TU Darmstadt. The APCs are then settled directly between Copernicus Publications and the university library of the TU Darmstadt. If APCs exceed €2,000 (gross), the central open-access publishing fund of TU Darmstadt will not cover any of the costs. This arrangement is valid for submissions after 1 January 2017 (receipt of electronic manuscript files). For further information about open access at TU Darmstadt, please visit the library website https://www.ulb.tu-darmstadt.de/oa-fonds or contact oa-fonds@ulb.tu-darmstadt.de.

In 2018, the TU Delft Library will be providing a publication fund for articles published with Copernicus Publications. The fund is available to all corresponding authors affiliated with TU Delft on a first-come, first-served basis. Submitting a manuscript holds out the prospect to the corresponding author that his or her manuscript publication will be settled by the TU Delft prepayment. However, if no funds are available at the time of the publication, Copernicus Publications will charge the authors for the APCs. The TU Delft can always settle the pending amount and then advise Copernicus Publications not to invoice the authors.

The institutional agreement with the Technical University Munich (Technische Universität München, TUM) covers papers with article processing charges up to €2,000 (gross) if the corresponding author of the paper is affiliated to the TUM. The APCs will then be settled directly between Copernicus Publications and the university library of the TUM. If APCs exceed €2,000 (gross), TUM will not cover any of the costs. This arrangement is valid for submissions after 1 January 2015 (receipt of electronic manuscript files).

If the first author is affiliated to one of the institutes of the University of Bremen, the article processing charges will be settled automatically between Copernicus Publications and the SUUB (Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Bremen). This arrangement is valid for any submission after 1 April 2014 (receipt of electronic manuscript files).

If the first author is affiliated to the University of Potsdam, the article processing charges will be settled automatically between Copernicus Publications and the Potsdam University Library. The Potsdam University Library covers papers with article processing charges up to €2,000 (gross). Where the APCs exceed this amount, the remainder of the payment will be issued to the first author. This arrangement is valid for any submission after 1 July 2015 (receipt of electronic manuscript files). Please note: If the author has not submitted an application for the University of Potsdam's open-access publication fund or if the application is not accepted, the author will receive an invoice from the faculty later on.

The German Research Foundation DFG supports publication charges with €750 per year. This support can also be accumulated over the 3-year period of funding. Please see DFG's FAQs on open access for further information.

Horizon 2020 is the EU Research and Innovation programme. All projects receiving Horizon 2020 funding will have the obligation to make sure any peer-reviewed journal article they publish is openly accessible, free of charge.

The Austrian Science Fund (FWF) is Austria's central funding organization for basic research. The FWF provides grants to cover the costs of peer-reviewed publications that result from projects supported by the FWF, up to a limit of 3 years after conclusion of the project. Leaders and collaborators of all FWF projects of any discipline are the target group of this support.

The following is a list of universities that are supported by the DFG Programme "Open Access Publizieren" and therefore provide funds for open-access publications. Please check whether your institution supports the costs for open-access publishing. - Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg - Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg - Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin - Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen - Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität Greifswald - Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg - Goethe-Universität Frankfurt/M. - Hochschule Darmstadt - Hochschule für angewandte Wissenschaft München - Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin - Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz - Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg - Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen - Katholische Universität Eichstätt-Ingolstadt - Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg - Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg - Philipps Universität Marburg - Ruhr Universität Bochum - Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg - TH Deggendorf - Tierärztliche Hochschule Hannover - TU Berlin - TU Chemnitz - TU Clausthal-Zellerfeld - TU Dortmund - TU Dresden - TU Hamburg Harburg - TU Ilmenau - TU Kaiserslautern - Universität Bayreuth - Universität Bielefeld - Universität Duisburg-Essen - Universität Kassel - Universität Konstanz - Universität Leipzig - Universität Osnabrück - Universität Regensburg - Universität Rostock - Universität Siegen - Universität Stuttgart - Universität Trier - Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster