University of California Press APC Waiver and Discount Policy: Who Qualifies and How to Apply

At a glance75% discount for Research4Life Group A and B corresponding authors, plus a fee waiver fund. Corresponding author only Applied automatically from the affiliation

Check University of California 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 University of California Press

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

75% off 82 countries Research4Life Group A list

Afghanistan, Angola, Bangladesh, Belau, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo (Brazzaville), Congo (Kinshasa), Cook Islands, Djibouti, Dominica, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Grenada, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Kiribati, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Maldives, Mali, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Micronesia, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nauru, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, Niue, North Korea, Palestinian Territory, Papua New Guinea, Rwanda, Saint Helena, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Suriname, Syria, São Tomé and Príncipe, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, Vanuatu, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe

75% off 42 countries Research4Life Group B list

Albania, Algeria, Antigua and Barbuda, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Fiji, Gabon, Georgia, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Iraq, Jamaica, Jordan, Kosovo, Libya, Mauritius, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Namibia, Nigeria, North Macedonia, Pakistan, Paraguay, Peru, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Seychelles, Sri Lanka, Tunisia, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Vietnam

Co-authors from other countries

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

'Corresponding authors whose primary affiliation is eligible for Research4Life Groups A or B'

How to get the waiver

75% automatic at payment; discretionary request at submission.

Programmes: Research4Life Groups A and B: 75% discount; discretionary fee waiver fund.

Official sources: online.ucpress.edu ↗ · online.ucpress.edu (2) ↗

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Schemes used: Research4Life, Discretionary hardship waivers. All publishers and schemes →

Frequently asked questions

Does University of California Press offer APC waivers?

75% discount for Research4Life Group A and B corresponding authors, plus a fee waiver fund. Applied automatically from the affiliation.

Who gets a full APC waiver at University of California Press?

No country gets a guaranteed 100% waiver; the scheme gives discounts. Only the corresponding author's affiliation counts. Co-authors from other countries do not change the waiver.

Does the University of California 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 University of California Press?

75% automatic at payment; discretionary request at submission.

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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