Grants for Open Access Journals

[Ann Okerson <ann.okerson@yale.edu>]

Of possible interest, from the Open Society Institute in Budapest.

-----Original Message-----
From: Anna Maria Balogh
Sent: Tuesday, May 07, 2002 5:19 PM
Subject: Grants for Open Access Journals

Dear Colleagues,

Please find below information on a new pilot project that has been
launched by our colleagues involved in the Budapest Open Access
Initiative.

Best regards,
Anna
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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@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
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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