UNIVERSITY LIBRARY

Expand the reach of your research on a global scale. Our fund supports Gold Open Access articles and monographs that are not covered by existing publishing contracts.

Prerequisites:

• You are a member of the University of Magdeburg (except FME).
• You are "submitting" or "corresponding author".
• The funded article will be published in the current funding year.
• The journal is listed in the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ).
• Open Access publication costs (Article Processing Charges, APC) are funded, but not administrative fees, submission fees or fees for e.g. licensing, color illustrations, page numbers, etc.
• For publications from third-party funded projects: Project funds for publishing from third-party funded projects are not available to you.

Procedure:

We are available for a discussion before you submit your article in order to clarify eligibility for funding. If your publication project meets the funding requirements, please send the funding application and the publisher's invoice (stating your name and the title of the publication) by email to openaccess@ovgu.de. Please submit the invoice without delay in the funding year. We would be very pleased to receive a mention of the Publication Fund in the funding information of your article. Please use the following text: "We acknowledge support by the Open Access Publication Fund of Magdeburg University."

Prerequisites:

• You are a member of the University of Magdeburg (except FME). In the case of anthologies with external authors, funding may be provided on a pro rata basis.
• You are "submitting" or "corresponding author".

• The publisher is listed in the Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB) or as a member of the Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA).
• The selected publisher publishes the monograph immediately after publication Open Access under a CC license (CC BY is recommended).

• For publications from third-party funded projects: Project funds for publishing from third-party funded projects are not available to you.
• Monographs are generally funded up to a maximum of € 7,000 (incl. VAT).

Procedure:

Ideally, we would initiate discussions prior to the publication. Please do not hesitate to reach out to us. As a rule, the invoice can be paid directly from the OA Publication Fund or reimbursed to the cost center of your institution.

If your monograph meets the funding requirements, please send the following documents by e-mail to openaccess@ovgu.de:

• Application for OA funding with signature
• a copy of the original invoice from the publisher (stating your name and the title of the publication)
• a copy of the payment confirmation (e.g. invoice tag)
• the pre-filled and signed rebooking request (only accessible from the campus network)

Please submit the invoice without delay in the funding year. We would be very pleased if you would mention the Publication Fund in the funding information of your monograph. Please use the following text: "We acknowledge support by the Open Access Publication Fund of Magdeburg University."