The Open Access Publishing Support Fund enables 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock faculty to publish scholarly work in open access (OA) publications by providing grants for up to $2,000 toward the cost of publisher article processing charges (APCs).

Complete the application form.

Funding Guidelines

Authors

  • Tenured or tenure-eligible faculty who are the sole, primary, or corresponding author of the work are eligible to receive funds. Articles co-authored with authors from other institutions will only be supported if the 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock author is the lead or corresponding author.
  • Awards will be limited to faculty without other sources of funding. Applicants should provide cost-sharing (e.g., department, college, grant funds) when available.

Publications

  • Funded manuscripts must be published open access in journals or books with free availability to readers at the time of publication (with no embargo period).
  • Publications must be peer-reviewed sources from reputable publishers with an article fee schedule publicly available online.
  • The the and/or the may be used to help verify a publication鈥檚 quality and open access credentials.

Funding

  • The maximum amount of support is $2,000 for a single publication and $3,000 per fiscal year. The author is responsible for paying any additional amount or other incidental charges.
  • Requests will be supported on a first-come, first-served basis until funds are expended.
  • The Ottenheimer Library will make payments for approved awards to publishers on the author鈥檚 behalf. Authors should not make payments prior to the grant award, as reimbursements cannot be guaranteed.
  • Upon award, authors should submit their accepted article/chapter for publication within four weeks of funding. Funded awards must be expended within the fiscal year requested.
  • Authors should include the following statement of acknowledgment: 鈥淭his publication was funded by the 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Open Access Article Publishing Support Fund.鈥�
  • Authors agree to deposit a final published version of the manuscript into a university institutional repository for long-term preservation and collocation with other  university scholarship.
  • All information on awards from the fund will be publicly available.

Application Process

  • Complete the application form.
  • Requests should be made at the time an article is accepted for publication.
  • Authors will be notified of their award via email within 3 business days of application.
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