I’ve worked on a couple NSF grants and I believe this cost could be covered by the grant. Whether the granting institution is okay with this I don’t know but if I had to guess they probably see an $11K spend to distribute the results of the research in a (the?) prestigious journal as reasonable.
To me $11K seems pretty steep. But I might go for $5K to put Nature’s stamp on my work and have it open access.
To me $11K seems pretty steep. But I might go for $5K to put Nature’s stamp on my work and have it open access.