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UC Davis Open Access Fund Pilot
Frequently Asked Questions
- What are the benefits of Open Access publishing?
- Retaining copyright of your work and making use of alternative forms of publishing that do not place restrictions on access enlarges your audience and accelerates research. Additional information may be found at University of California Reshaping Scholarly Communication (http://osc.universityofcalifornia.edu/) and UC Davis scholarly communication (http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/ul/about/schcomm/).
- Who is eligible? How much will the fund pay? Are there award limitations?
- UC Davis Academic Senate, Academic Federation members, faculty, post-docs, residents, fellows, and graduate students are eligible to participate in the pilot. We request that authors with sufficient funding from grants or contracts not utilize these funds to allow others to share in the benefit of open publications.
- The fund will pay up to $1000.
- Only one request is funded per individual during the pilot.
- What types of charges will the fund cover?
- Funds are available to pay open access fees and article publication
charges for fully open access journals:
- Fees to publish in journals in which all articles are immediately available open access
- Articles must be made freely available at the time of initial publication, with no embargo periods. Funds from the pilot are not available to cover color charges, page charges, illustration charges, or submission charges.
- Is this related to the draft faculty-proposed Open Access Policy for the University of California (http://osc.universityofcalifornia.edu/openaccesspolicy/)?
- No, it is unrelated. This pilot will pay costs of publishing new research in open access journals; it will involve funds provided by CDL and UC Davis, and administered by the UCD University Library. The proposed Open Access Policy (http://osc.universityofcalifornia.edu/openaccesspolicy/FinalDraft_Proposed_OA_Policy_2012.pdf)PDF is focused on open access archiving regardless of place of publication, and is currently under discussion by faculty senates.
- When does the pilot begin and end?
- The pilot will begin October 22, 2012 and be evaluated after 12-18 months.
- Will the pilot become a permanent fund?
- We will assess use of the pilot fund and conduct surveys of faculty, graduate students, and other UC Davis individuals to determine whether to establish a permanent fund.
- Who do I contact for more information?
- Mary Wood, Pilot OA Fund Administrator
mwwood@ucdavis.edu; (530) 754‑9122