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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Frazer,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Quick replies to your questions – sending them to everybody since they may be useful.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">If anybody has any more questions please ask them directly to me and do not cc everybody (to avoid spam).
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">This says ‘requested’. Is the expectation that the payment will be automatically agreed?<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">My understanding is that it will be agreed while the funds last. In the past, the fund has been underspent. That is all the information I have.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">When in the process should this request be made (and agreed)? Before submission or after acceptance?<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal">After acceptance, I think. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">When does this start (I.e. what about papers currently being refereed)?<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">I think this starts for any APC due from January 1<sup>st</sup>, but if you have a paper being refereed at the moment, please contact me.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">I hope this helps.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Best wishes,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Alfonso<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#009BBD;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">Alfonso Aragón-Salamanca</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#131B57;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">Professor of Astronomy</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#131B57;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">Room B106b, Centre for Astronomy and Particle Theory</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#131B57;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UK</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#131B57;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">+44 (0) 115 95 16230<b> </b></span><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#131B57;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">| </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual"><a href="mailto:alfonso.aragon@nottingham.ac.uk"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue">alfonso.aragon@nottingham.ac.uk</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">URL:
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual"><a href="http://nottingham.ac.uk/physics/people/alfonso.aragon"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">http://nottingham.ac.uk/physics/people/alfonso.aragon</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">General teaching enquiries
</span><span style="mso-ligatures:standardcontextual"><a href="mailto:physics-teaching@nottingham.ac.uk"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">physics-teaching@nottingham.ac.uk</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Frazer Pearce (staff) <frazer.pearce@nottingham.ac.uk>
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<b>Sent:</b> 15 December 2025 08:54<br>
<b>To:</b> Alfonso Aragon-salamanca (staff) <alfonso.aragon@nottingham.ac.uk><br>
<b>Cc:</b> astro@nottingham.ac.uk<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Astro] Publishing in MNRAS - new procedure to pay article processing charges<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks Alfonso,<span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">A couple of quick questions for clarity (don’t know is fine, obviously the outlook is disastrous if this continues post next-August, but let’s face that later);<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">This says ‘requested’. Is the expectation that the payment will be automatically agreed?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">When in the process should this request be made (and agreed)? Before submission or after acceptance?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Kind regards,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Frazer<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">On 15 Dec 2025, at 08:38, Alfonso Aragon-salamanca (staff) <<a href="mailto:alfonso.aragon@nottingham.ac.uk">alfonso.aragon@nottingham.ac.uk</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear all,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The UoN will not be renewing some of the current read-and-publish agreements, including the one with Oxford University Press, which publishes MNRAS.
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<p class="MsoNormal">This means that from January 2026 the procedure to cover Article Processing Charges (APCs) for MNRAS papers will change. Funding for APCs for UKRI-funded research can be requested from the Institutional block grant, administered by the
University (see <a href="https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/library/research/open-access/requesting-oa-funding/funding.aspx">
https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/library/research/open-access/requesting-oa-funding/funding.aspx</a>). Note that, currently, all our research is at least partially funded by UKRI since we all use Phil Parry’s computing support, and he is funded by UKRI. Please
make sure you acknowledge the Nottingham Astronomy consolidated grant in your paper and quote it in your request (of course, if you have additional UKRI funding, you should also acknowledge it). The details of the consolidated grant are:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Ref: ST/X000982/1<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">TITLE: Astronomy and Astrophysics at the University of Nottingham - 2023 to 2026<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES">PI: Simon Dye</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">If you have any questions or want to discuss this with me, please come and see me or send me a message.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Annoyinly, this requires a bit more work than before, but hopefully, things will go back to normal in the future.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Best wishes,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Alfonso<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="ES" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#009BBD">Alfonso Aragón-Salamanca</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#131B57">Professor of Astronomy</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#131B57">School of Physics and Astronomy<br>
University of Nottingham</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#131B57">Room B106b, Centre for Astronomy and Particle Theory</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#131B57">University Park</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#131B57">Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UK</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#131B57">+44 (0) 115 95 16230<b> </b></span><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#131B57">| </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="mailto:alfonso.aragon@nottingham.ac.uk"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue">alfonso.aragon@nottingham.ac.uk</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">URL:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">General teaching enquiries
</span><a href="mailto:physics-teaching@nottingham.ac.uk"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">physics-teaching@nottingham.ac.uk</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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