A fix for open-access cost barriers | Nature Index

"According to Willinsky, such a funder- and library-pay model would eliminate many of the inefficiencies of the existing system, in which authors usually pay the APC out of their grants, but only after their institutions have taken a cut for overhead costs. It would also give large funders such as the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) more leverage to lean on open-access publishers and negotiate lower fees. Plus, he argues, it would make it easier to promote data-sharing and data-mining, as well as advance the long-time goals of universal open access."