Open Access: TAMU-CC Open Access Publication Fund

TAMU-CC Open Access Publication Fund

About the Open Access Publication Fund

The Mary and Jeff Bell Library, the Division of Research and Innovation, and the Office of the Provost are proud to support Open Access (OA) through the Open Access Publication Fund. The purpose of the fund is to underwrite publication charges for scholarly journal articles, book chapters, and books published in fully Open Access publications.
Through the Open Access Publication Fund, TAMU-CC joins many other public universities in their commitment to Open Access initiatives. Read more about the Open Access Publication Fund Goals.

Open Access Publication Fund Application

To be eligible for funding, you must be able to answer yes to the following questions:

1. Are you a Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi faculty member or full-time researcher? Read more about Author Eligibility
2. Is the work a peer-reviewed journal article, book chapter, or book?
3. Has the work been accepted for publication at this time?
4. Will the work be Open Access immediately upon publication?
5. Does the publication venue (for journals or books) provide Open Access to all peer reviewed contributions? Read more about Publication Eligibility 
6. Will approved funds be used to help underwrite processing charges related to publishing in the venue? Read more about Funding Caps and Coauthor Distribution
7. Can you confirm that you do not have another source of funding – including grants – to cover publication processing charges? Read more about Funding Rules
8. Do you agree to have the work added to the TAMU-CC Institutional Repository after publication? Read more about the TAMU-CC Institutional Repository.

If you were able to answer yes to all the above questions, please apply. If you have questions, please contact alexa.hight@tamucc.edu. If you are ineligible for funds but still wish to publish Open Access, consider submitting a pre-print to the TAMU-CC Institutional Repository.

Open Access Publication Fund Goals

The goals of the Open Access Publication Fund at TAMU-CC are as follows:

1. Increase access to research and scholarship produced by researchers at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi

2. Support and encourage innovative models of scholarly publishing that take advantage of digital and networking technologies

3. Help cover costs for TAMU-CC faculty and researchers publishing materials to Open Access venues

Institutional Repository Submission

The final published version of submitted works supported by the Open Access Publication fund will be deposited into TAMU-CC’s Institutional Repository. Faculty are encouraged to self-submit their work, both published and unpublished scholarly work. Find out more about the TAMU-CC Institutional Repository

More information

Questions regarding the Open Access Publication Fund payments should be directed to the Bell Library’s Administration and Business Operations Office. General questions regarding the Fund may be emailed to the Scholarly Communication Librarian at: alexa.hight@tamucc.edu.

Author and Publication Eligibility

Author Eligibility

Eligible authors are current members of the faculty or research scientists at TAMU-CC. Applicants may include eligible coauthors in their application, please read Funding Caps and Coauthor Distribution for further information.

Publication Eligibility

Eligible works include peer-reviewed articles, book chapters, and books approved for publication
after October 08, 2020.
To be eligible, the publication venue must be fully Open Access. This means that the publisher must make their entire publication freely available online: all articles in a journal or chapters in a book are Open Access. “Hybrid” Open Access publication venues and publication venues with
delayed Open Access models are ineligible.

• Full Open Access: Eligible. Publishers providing immediate and free online access to all peer-reviewed material they publish.
• “Hybrid” Open Access: Ineligible. Publishers charging subscription or access fees for published material unless authors pay to make only their work freely available in the venue. Many consider this practice to be “double-dipping:” if the university pays for a faculty member’s work to be published Open Access in a journal that is not fully OA, but the library also subscribes so that the works not published OA are accessible, the university ends up paying twice.

Resources

• Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) maintains a list of open access journals, many of which will be eligible.
• HowOpenIsIt? provides information about evaluating Open Access in publication venues.
• Find My Librarian to ask your subject librarian discipline-specific questions about journals and publishers.

Funding Rules

The Open Access Publication Fund is a limited resource intended to support Open Access publishing at TAMU-CC. Funding for publications that comply with the author and publication eligibility criteria will be distributed on a first come, first-served basis, according to the funding
rules. 
Approved funds may only be used to cover publication processing charges. Researchers are expected to first request Open Access funding for publication from their funding agencies, use IDC or startup, or access other available funds. If other funding sources are unavailable,
applications to the Open Access Publication Fund are welcome.

Funding Caps and Coauthor Distribution

Eligible authors may receive a maximum of $3,000 per fiscal year.

• This is a cumulative total: it may be split across multiple applications for as long as funds are available
• This is a yearly cap: it applies to the fiscal year in which an application is submitted.
• The caps do not roll over to future years.

Approved applications will receive a maximum payment of $3,000 to support the publication of the work.

• The $3,000 cap applies regardless of the number of eligible coauthors
• Payment will be distributed as equally as possible among eligible coauthors and subtracted from each author’s maximum allowance.