EMBO Press APC Waiver and Discount Policy: Who Qualifies and How to Apply

At a glanceCountry-tiered APC: the corresponding author's country decides whether the paper pays 0%, 25%, 50%, 75% or 100% of the list price. Corresponding author only Applied automatically from the affiliation Part of Springer Nature

Check EMBO Press's waiver for your author team

Co-authors (where they work)

Only the country is needed: without a journal you get every publisher's result for your author team. Free. No sign-up. Uses the publishers' published rules, last verified 27 October 2026.

Which countries qualify at EMBO Press

Countries are matched by the author's institutional affiliation, not nationality.

100% waiver 36 countries Springer Nature tiered-pricing list (tier paying 0%), APC set to 0% of list price

Afghanistan, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo (Kinshasa), Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Lebanon, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, North Korea, Palestinian Territory, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Syria, Togo, Uganda, Ukraine, Yemen, Zimbabwe

75% off 41 countries Springer Nature tiered-pricing list (tier paying 25%), pays 25% of list price

Algeria, Angola, Argentina, Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Cape Verde, Comoros, Congo (Brazzaville), Djibouti, Egypt, Eswatini, Guinea, Haiti, Honduras, India, Iran, Kiribati, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lesotho, Mauritania, Micronesia, Mongolia, Morocco, Myanmar, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, São Tomé and Príncipe, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Timor-Leste, Tunisia, Türkiye, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Zambia

50% off 46 countries Springer Nature tiered-pricing list (tier paying 50%), pays 50% of list price

Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Belarus, Belau, Belize, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Cambodia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Georgia, Grenada, Guatemala, Iraq, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Jordan, Kenya, Kosovo, Libya, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Mauritius, Moldova, Montenegro, Namibia, North Macedonia, Paraguay, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Senegal, Serbia, Suriname, Tonga, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Uruguay, Venezuela

25% off 19 countries Springer Nature tiered-pricing list (tier paying 75%), pays 75% of list price

Brunei, Bulgaria, Chile, Colombia, Croatia, Ecuador, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Mexico, Oman, Peru, Philippines, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, Vietnam

Co-authors from other countries

Only the corresponding author's affiliation counts. Co-authors from other countries do not change the waiver.

'The APC is set automatically upon an article's acceptance, based on the corresponding author's country of residence'

How to get the waiver

Automatic at acceptance.

Programmes: Springer Nature country-tiered APC pilot (EMBO J, EMBO Reports, Mol Syst Biol, EMBO Mol Med); discount on request.

Official sources: springernature.com ↗ · embopress.org (2) ↗

Springer NatureBMC journals with country-tiered pricingElsevier

Schemes used: Country-tiered APC pricing. All publishers and schemes →

Frequently asked questions

Does EMBO Press offer APC waivers?

Country-tiered APC: the corresponding author's country decides whether the paper pays 0%, 25%, 50%, 75% or 100% of the list price. Applied automatically from the affiliation.

Who gets a full APC waiver at EMBO Press?

Authors affiliated in 36 countries qualify for a 100% waiver. Only the corresponding author's affiliation counts. Co-authors from other countries do not change the waiver.

Does the EMBO Press waiver apply if my co-authors are from other countries?

Only the corresponding author's affiliation counts. Co-authors from other countries do not change the waiver.

How do I apply for an APC waiver at EMBO Press?

Automatic at acceptance.

Before you submit

Source, method and date. Each publisher's rule was read from its official waiver page (linked on every row) and the country lists from Research4Life, EIFL, the World Bank income classification and the publishers' own lists. Last verified: 27 October 2026. Policies change, Research4Life updates its lists every January and the World Bank every July, and some waivers are temporary or decided case by case. The checker reads the published rules; it cannot promise a waiver. Confirm on the publisher's page before you submit. ScholarsColab is not affiliated with any publisher listed here; logos are trademarks of their owners, shown only to name the publishers whose rules we read.

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