Research Publication Subvention Funding

Announcements

Changes to Funding Program

We've made some changes to our funding program as follows:

The library is embarking on a two-year transition to exclusively support gold open-access (OA) article publications.
- These article publications, which only publish OA and do not charge any subscription fee, are the best way for the library to support OA to the greatest extent possible.
- This means that the library will begin phasing out Hybrid-OA funding.
- Applications should be received prior to publication (before proofs).
- The funding limit for gold open access articles has been increased to $3000.
- The funding limit for hybrid OA remains is $1500.
- In order to support our goal we have implemented the following funding limits:
  - each author may only receive funding once in a fiscal year and
  - each article may only receive funding for one author.
- For both OA and hybrid journals OU Libraries still wishes to support page charges related to unique opportunities. If you are offered an opportunity by a journal, such as a request for cover art or similar, please feel free to submit an application. Such applications will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis.
Book Page Charges for Non-OA print books are still funded under our subvention funding for books award.
Graduate students will now also be eligible for book page charges with this funding being provided by OU Libraries.
NOTE: Applicants are responsible for securing any remaining necessary funding from their college and department, and are encouraged to discuss funding availability and process with college and department representatives before submitting an application for subvention funding.

Overview

Welcome to the University of Oklahoma Libraries Open Access (OA) Research Publication Fund. Both the University and the University Libraries are dedicated to increasing the ability of researchers of all levels to publish their work with fully open-access publishers. OA increases the visibility, readership, and impact of an author's works, democratizing access across all institutions, regardless of size or budget. OA publications are free for all readers, but publishing is not free. A variety of OA payment models exist, and sometimes the costs are the responsibility of the author or their associated institution.

Colleges, departments, and individuals are expected to fund publication costs via external grants and the Sponsored Research Incentive (SRI). However, the university recognizes that such funding may not be available or sufficient in all cases, particularly for disciplines that have limited access to external support. Consequently, the OU Open-Access Research Publication Fund helps ensure that all open-access peer-reviewed scholarly work produced at OU is formally published.

The University of Oklahoma Libraries (OU Libraries) administers funding for open-access publications generally as well as administering the Dodge Family College of Arts and Sciences Open-Access Book Award, and applications should be received prior to publication. Requests for additional information can be directed to subventionfunding@ou.edu.

All funding is administered throughout the fiscal year on a first-come, first-served basis. Once the funding is exhausted, the application will close for the fiscal year. The funding period will reopen at the start of the following fiscal year.

Please review the guidelines for funding below carefully as there has been significant change to this program.

Subvention Funding for Books

Publication Type	Maximum FY Funding Available	Eligibility	Funder(s) and Required Acknowledgment	Costs Covered and Additional Guidelines
Book Page Charges	$3,000 per book	Tenure-track, tenured, research, renewable term, and emeriti faculty, and permanent professional/technical staff members holding the terminal degree appropriate to their discipline (Norman campus & Norman campus programs at OU-Tulsa)	Funders: Office of the Vice President for Research and Partnerships (OVPRP) and Office of the Provost Required Acknowledgment: "Financial support was provided from the Office of the Vice President for Research and Partnerships and the Office of the Provost, University of Oklahoma."	Costs covered: Typesetting, printing, editing, indexing, translation, recording, mixing, images/graphics, permissions/rights, production subvention Applicants are responsible for securing any remaining necessary funding from their college and department, and are encouraged to discuss funding availability and process with college and department representatives before submitting an application for subvention funding. All authors may only receive funding once per year and each article may only receive one author's funding.
Graduate Student Book Page Charges	$3,000 per book	Graduate Students (Norman campus & Norman campus programs at OU-Tulsa)	Funder: OU Libraries Required Acknowledgment: “Financial support was provided by the OU Libraries' Open Access Fund”	Costs covered: Typesetting, printing, editing, indexing, translation, recording, mixing, images/graphics, permissions/rights, production subvention All authors may only receive funding once per year and each article may only receive one author's funding.
DFCAS Open-Access Books	$15,000 per book	Tenure-track, tenured, research, renewable term, and emeriti faculty; post-docs; staff (Norman campus & Norman campus programs at OU-Tulsa)	Funders: Dodge Family College of Arts and Sciences (DFCAS), Office of the Vice President for Research and Partnerships (OVPRP), and OU Libraries Required Acknowledgment: "Financial support was provided from the Dodge Family College of Arts and Sciences, Office of the Vice President for Research and Partnerships, and University Libraries, University of Oklahoma."	Costs covered: Open access book fees Proposals for new books will be evaluated biannually (mid-October and mid-March). Those utilizing a university press will receive greater consideration. Previously published works are ineligible. One award each year is reserved for eligible DFCAS faculty members.
Open-Access Books	$2,000 per book	Tenure-track, tenured, research, renewable term, and emeriti faculty; post-docs; staff; students (Norman campus & Norman campus programs at OU-Tulsa)	Funder: OU Libraries Required Acknowledgment: “Financial support was provided by the OU Libraries' Open Access Fund”	Costs covered: Open access book fees All authors may only receive funding once per year and each article may only receive one author's funding.

Subvention Funding for Journal Articles

Publication Type	Maximum FY Funding Available	Eligibility	Funder(s)	Costs Covered and Additional Guidelines
Journal Page Charges	Varies	Tenure-track, tenured, research, renewable term, and emeriti faculty, and permanent professional/technical staff members holding the terminal degree appropriate to their discipline (Norman campus & Norman campus programs at OU-Tulsa)	Funders: Office of the Vice President for Research and Partnerships (OVPRP) and Office of the Provost Required Acknowledgment: "Financial support was provided from the Office of the Vice President for Research and Partnerships and the Office of the Provost, University of Oklahoma."	Costs covered: Typesetting, printing, editing, indexing, translation, recording, mixing, images/graphics, permissions/rights, production subvention, journal page charges, front cover illustrations Applicants are responsible for securing any remaining necessary funding from their college and department, and are encouraged to discuss funding availability and process with their college and department. All authors may only receive funding once per year and each article may only receive one author's funding. Approved on a case-by-case basis.
Hybrid Open-Access Articles Individual articles made openly available in a paywalled journal.	$1,500 per article	Tenure-track, tenured, research, renewable term, and emeriti faculty, and permanent professional/technical staff members holding the terminal degree appropriate to their discipline (Norman campus & Norman campus programs at OU-Tulsa)	Funders: Office of the Vice President for Research and Partnerships (OVPRP) and Office of the Provost Required Acknowledgment: "Financial support was provided from the Office of the Vice President for Research and Partnerships and the Office of the Provost, University of Oklahoma."	Costs covered: Article processing charges (APC) Applicants are responsible for securing any remaining necessary funding from their college and department, and are encouraged to discuss funding availability and process with college and department representatives before submitting an application for subvention funding. All authors may only receive funding once per year and each article may only receive one author's funding.
Graduate Student Hybrid Open-Access	$1,500 per article	Graduate Students (Norman campus & Norman campus programs at OU-Tulsa)	Funder: OU Libraries Required Acknowledgment: “Financial support was provided by the OU Libraries' Open Access Fund”	Costs covered: Article processing charges (APC) Applicants are responsible for securing any remaining necessary funding from their college and department, and are encouraged to discuss funding availability and process with college and department representatives before submitting an application for subvention funding. All authors may only receive funding once per year and each article may only receive one author's funding.
Open-Access Articles Journal should appear in DOAJ . All articles in open access journals are openly available upon publication.	$3,000 per article	Tenure-track, tenured, research, renewable term, and emeriti faculty; post-docs; staff; students (Norman campus & Norman campus programs at OU-Tulsa)	Funder: OU Libraries Required Acknowledgment: “Financial support was provided by the OU Libraries' Open Access Fund”	Costs covered: Open access fees All authors may only receive funding once per year and each article may only receive one author's funding.

Applying for Open Access Funding

Please review all the information provided on this page before applying for funding. Applicants should complete the form linked below before publication.

For applicants seeking funding to support publication costs associated with open access journals and books: only works without other means of publication support, such as external grants or department and college resources, will be eligible.

Please note:

published works must be licensed with a Creative Commons license
a copy of the article will be posted by University Libraries personnel in the university's institutional repository, SHAREOK, for maximum visibility and preservation
authors are required to acknowledge the funder(s) within the final publication. Applicants will be provided the required acknowledgment when their funding is approved.

Reimbursement is made after publication and proper documentation of publication fees payment is received. Documentation must indicate payment from a university fund in the form of a copy of the OU Activity Report showing the expenditure line and cash line with the full chartfield spread. We are unable to reimburse payments made with a personal credit card, personal check, or similar form of personal payment, or from institutions other than OU. We are unable to reimburse more than the invoiced amount. Applicants are responsible for securing the remaining funding from their college and department and are encouraged to discuss funding availability and process with college and department representatives before submitting an application for funding. Reimbursement requirements are explained in full when funding is approved.

Complete and submit the application.