Grants for Open Access Journals
A pilot fund to support publication of research by authors from
developing and transition countries
The Information Program of the Open Society Institute (OSI) is pleased
to announce a pilot project inspired by the principles of the Budapest
Open Access Initiative (
http://www.soros.org/openaccess/). To support
open access to international research and scholarship, OSI will provide
$100,000 in funding to support the publication in open access
peer-reviewed online journals of articles by authors residing and
working in countries where the Soros foundations network is active
(please see the attached list of 67 countries). Guidelines for
funding:
1. Journals that have adopted an open access up-front payment business
model will be eligible for funding (please see
http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/boaifaq.htm#journals for more
information about open access funding models). Open access is defined
as free and unrestricted online availability of current content.
Funding will be provided directly to the journal to subsidize the
up-front fees.
2. Funding will cover the fees for processing of articles that are
accepted for publication in 2002. A maximum of two articles per author
per year will be eligible for 100% funding of the processing fee, while
an additional two articles will be eligible for funding at 50% of the
processing fee, with the additional 50% coming from the institution
supporting the research, the author's affiliated institution, a
government agency, etc.
3. As this program is targeting international scholarship, journals
published in the following languages will be supported: English,
French, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish.
4. Funding will only apply to peer-reviewed scientific and scholarly
online journals; other forms of online material, such as databases,
newspapers etc. will not be eligible for funding under this pilot
project.
5. The authors must be residing and working at institutions in one of
the 67 countries in which the Soros foundations network is active. If
an article has multiple authors, the majority of authors must meet this
condition.
6. Scholarly journals from all academic disciplines are eligible for
funding.
Publishers of journals interested in applying for a grant should submit
the following information to Melissa Hagemann (mhagemann_at_sorosny.org):
* URL of journal
* brief description of the journal's open access business model
* contact name at journal
* list of articles with names of authors and their affiliated institution
* amount of funding being requested
Selection process:
* decisions on funding will be made according to the following
schedule:
Applications due June 14, 2002; Awards announced June 28, 2002
Applications due September 9, 2002; Awards announced September 23, 2002
Countries where the Soros foundations network is active:
Afghanistan
Albania
Angola
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Belarus
Benin
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Botswana
Bulgaria
Burma
Burkina Faso
Cambodia
Cameroon
Cape Verde
Chad
Cote d'Ivoire
Croatia
Czech Republic
Estonia
Gambia
Georgia
Ghana
Guatemala
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Haiti
Hungary
Indonesia
Kazakhstan
Kosovo
Kyrgyzstan
Latvia
Lesotho
Liberia
Lithuania
Laos
Macedonia
Malawi
Mali
Mauritania
Moldova
Mongolia
Montenegro
Mozambique
Namibia
Niger
Nigeria
Peru
Poland
Romania
Russia
Senegal
Sierra Leone
Slovakia
South Africa
Swaziland
Tajikistan
Thailand
Togo
Turkey
Ukraine
Uzbekistan
Vietnam
Yugoslavia
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Received on Mon May 06 2002 - 17:46:10 BST