Readers are entitled to know who paid for the research they are reading. Every submission to Peer Academics carries a funding statement, whether or not the work was funded.
What to declare
Give, for each source of support:
- the full official name of the funding body, written out rather than abbreviated, with its country where the name is ambiguous;
- the grant, award, or contract number, exactly as the funder issued it;
- which author held the award;
- any non-monetary support that materially enabled the work — fellowships, scholarships, salary support, data access, equipment, materials, computing time, or services provided free or at reduced cost;
- the funder's role, if any, in the design of the study, the collection, analysis, or interpretation of data, the writing of the article, or the decision to submit it.
Where there was no funding, write: "This research received no specific grant from any funding agency." Where a funder had no role beyond providing money, say so.
Where it goes
The funding statement belongs in the Funding declaration described in Manuscript Structure. Because review is double-anonymous, the funder names and grant numbers are removed from the anonymous manuscript — they identify you — and given in full on the title page and in the submission metadata. The named version is published with the article, and the journal records funder names and award numbers in the article's metadata.
Rules that follow from this
- Funding a study creates no claim on the editorial decision. The Publisher meets the journal's costs and no author, institution, or funder pays anything; see Article Processing Charges.
- The journal does not accept a submission whose funder has the right to veto or delay publication of unfavorable findings. If your contract contains such a term, say so at submission and the editor will decide whether the work can be considered.
- Funding from a body with an interest in the outcome must also be declared under Conflicts of Interest.
- If the funding position changes before publication, tell [email protected]. After publication, an omitted or incorrect funder is put right by a published correction notice; the article itself is not edited silently.
- An incomplete funding statement is returned to you before review. A funder deliberately concealed is handled under Publication Ethics.