Funds are currently unavailable. We are not accepting or reviewing applications. - December 7, 2023
The IUPUI Open Access Fund underwrites reasonable publication charges for articles published in fully open access, fee-based, peer-reviewed journals. Established in 2013, this fund addresses changes in scholarly communications while increasing the impact of and access to scholarship created by IUPUI authors. With support from many IUPUI schools and other key stakeholders, the fund has assisted in the publication of more than 200 articles. In the years following the launch of the fund, the share of IUPUI articles published in reputable open access journals has more than doubled - from 7% of articles in 2013 to 16% of articles published in 2019. Along with the IUPUI Open Access Policy, this fund has been a factor in IUPUI’s national reputation for sharing scholarly works at no cost to readers in Indiana and around the world. Reports on the progress of the IUPUI Open Access Fund are available at the IUPUI Open Access Publishing Reports Collection in IUPUI ScholarWorks.
In the summer of 2022, the fund was revised and relaunched to emphasize support for IUPUI’s student, resident, and postdoctoral authors. Financial support for the Fall 2022 semester has been provided by IUPUI University Library, Ruth Lilly Medical Library, and the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research. We also welcome additional support from other key stakeholders.
Administration of the open access fund will be facilitated by University Library on a first-come first-served basis, with the following conditions:
Eligible Publications
The venue of publication must be an established, fully open-access journal - that is, a journal that does not charge readers or their institutions for unfettered access to any of the peer-reviewed articles that it publishes. To be eligible, a journal must meet these additional requirements:
- Be listed in the Directory of Open Access Journals,
- Be published by a member of the Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association,
- Have a publicly available list of article processing charge (APC) fees.
Journals with a hybrid open-access model or delayed open-access model are not eligible. Any authors who are unsure as to whether or not a particular journal is eligible should contact the IUPUI University Library prior to submitting an article for publication.
Eligible Authors
Funds are available for articles authored or co-authored by an IUPUI-affiliated student, postdoc, or medical resident listed as the corresponding author. As defined by the ICMJE, the corresponding author is the person with primary responsibility for the article. Any authors who are unsure as to whether they are an eligible author should contact the IUPUI University Library prior to submitting their articles to publication.
Eligible Fees
Article processing fees may include publication fees (charges levied on articles accepted for publication, including page charges). Submission, rapid review, and reprint fees are not eligible.
Limits
Eligible authors from all IUPUI departments and schools are encouraged to apply. Although article processing fees for eligible publications will be distributed on a first-come, first-served basis, disbursement will be monitored to ensure diverse participation across the schools.
Institutional Repository
As an added service, the IUPUI University Library will deposit a copy of funded articles in IUPUI ScholarWorks. The placement of an article in the repository helps to build the collection of IUPUI–authored publications, supports the self-archiving arm of the open access movement, and gives the article an added element of preservation and discoverability.
(Funds are currently unavailable. We are not accepting or reviewing applications. - December 7, 2023.) If you have questions about this fund or about open access services, contact: IUPUI University Library Center for Digital Scholarship: digschol@iupui.edu.