Queen Mary has been supporting COVE for a number of years by providing £1,000 per year to pay for postgrads completing COVE work after training.

The University of Birmingham has supported COVE for a number of years by providing £1,500 per year to pay for Birmingham postgrads doing COVE work after training.

Birkbeck has supported The COVE for a number of years by providing £1,500 per year to pay for Birkbeck postgrads who complete COVE work after training.

The University of Exeter was the first UK school to support COVE by providing funds to pay for Exeter postgrads doing COVE work after training:  £1,500 per year. 

Rutgers University was the first university to provide funds to support graduate students who complete COVE work after training:  two years of support at $2,000/year.

Purdue University has supported The COVE through a number of grants and cost-shares totaling US$50,000. Starting in 2021, Purdue's School of Interdisciplinary Studies will support a graduate student who will be tasked with encoding texts by BIPOC authors from all fields.

The University of Alberta has provided COVE with a dedicated research-assistant line each year (valued at CA$16,500 per year).

Carleton University has been supporting COVE annually by providing CA$2,500 to support graduate students from Carleton who complete COVE work after training.

Ryerson University was the first founding Canadian university of the COVE Consortium and has provided CA$2,500 per year to support graduate students from Ryerson who complete COVE work after training.

The Curb Center for Art, Enterprise and Public Policy has supported COVE with an annual grant of $2,000 that can be used for software development and technical support.