Who can apply for funding?

• You are a member of the University of Duisburg-Essen and a corresponding author responsible for the payment of article processing charges (APCs) in an open access journal
• UDE students can apply for article funding if a member of the supervising faculty supports or approves the publication of the paper. In these cases, funding is only granted upon application and is decided on a case-by-case basis
• The University of Duisburg-Essen or the University Hospital must be specified as the first affiliation

 
In which Open Access journals can you publish?

• The article must appear in a journal whose articles are accessible to users free of charge via the Internet immediately upon publication
• The journal must be a "genuine open access journal" that is listed in the Directory of Open Access Journals and that applies recognised, strict quality assurance procedures in the respective subject area
• Articles in so-called hybrid journals - subscription-based journals with open access options - and in mirror journals cannot be funded
• Information on the assumption of publication fees in hybrid journals of individual publishers within the framework of transformation agreements can be found in the publisher-specific funding options
• Please also note the information on dubious publishers, so-called predatory publishing

Would you like to publish a conference paper?

• Please note that contributions to hybrid conference proceedings are not funded.
• Please contact the Open Access team by e-mail for information on the assumption of costs for a Gold OA report

Costs

• Pro-rata funding up to a maximum amount of €2000, including VAT, is possible via the Publication Fund.
• Use this application form to apply for publication costs (full and partial funding)
• You can also use it to apply for billing via your cost centre/PSP element/third-party funding account (e.g. for hybrid articles and articles from journals not eligible for funding)
• For the time being, invoices from the Faculty of Medicine are excluded here. For publication fees over €2,000, you can apply for reimbursement of up to a maximum of €2,000 of the fees via the application form after paying the invoice

 
Invoice

• Please upload the invoice and any other documents in the application form
• VAT-ID must not be shown on an invoice from abroad, the publisher may require the VAT ID of the UDE: DE 811 272 995

CC licences

• We recommend the use of the Creative Commons licence CC BY, which provides the greatest possibility of re-use for your work. The less restrictive Creative Commons licences CC BY or CC BY-SA are also recommended in the UDE Open Access Policy
• Further information on the CC licences can be found here

 
Acknowledgements

• The articles must contain a reference to the funding (e.g. "We acknowledge support by the Open Access Publication Fund of the University of Duisburg-Essen.")

 
Who can help?

The Open Access team will be happy to advise you on all aspects of Open Access:
openaccess.ub@uni-due.de