CSUF Open Access Article Publishing Fund

 

Purpose

This fund aims to reduce the financial barriers presented by Author Publication Charges (APCs) that might prevent faculty and students from publishing in peer-reviewed, open access journals.

Eligibility and Limits

To be eligible, the journal must be peer-reviewed and fully open access as indicated by external indexes such as Ulrich’s, the Directory of Open Access Journals, and/or Cabell’s. Hybrid journals, which charge subscriptions and supplemental open access fees, and often user access fees as well, are not eligible. Funds cannot cover fees for submission, pages/plates/graphics, editing/typesetting, embargoes, or donations.

Eligible applicants must have a current, official affiliation with California State University, Fullerton, whether as faculty (emeriti, tenured, tenure-track, lecturer, or adjunct), or as an enrolled student.  The fund does not cover full or partial costs of APCs when authors from institutions other than CSUF receive majority authorship credit. Funds are limited to $1500 per article and $1500 per CSUF author every two academic years. Authors with external grant or contract funds available to cover APCs are asked not to apply; we endeavor to reserve these internal funds for those without external grant support for APCs. 

For full funding information or to submit an application, please visit the Office of Research and Sponsored Projects website.Opens in new window

History

In 2015 the Pollak Library in partnership with the Emeriti of California State University, Fullerton established our Open Access Article Publishing Fund. The Office of Graduate Studies joined as a partner in September 2018, contributing $6000 annually to the fund to cover articles authored or co-authored by CSUF graduate students. The Office of Research and Sponsored Projects joined as a partner in November 2019, contributing $1000 annually. Thanks to the generosity of the Pollak Library and our partners, the fund has grown from $15,000 to $27,500 per year, making CSU Fullerton the leading CSU in supporting faculty research and publishing in open access journals. In May 2020, the Office of Research and Sponsored Projects began managing the submission of applications and disbursement of funds.