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The Alternative Funding Mechanism for the EC FP7 Post-Grant Open Access Pilot
12 May 2016
Pablo de CastroOpen Access Project Officer
LIBER – Ligue des bibliothèques européennes de recherche
What is this FP7 Post-Grant Pilot?
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• The EC FP7 Post-Grant Open Access Pilot will provide funding to cover the OA publishing fees for publications arising from completed FP7 projects
• An alternative funding mechanism will be implemented to fund APC-free Open Access journals and platforms where such post-grant publications are also published
Alternative Funding Mechanism
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• Funding for OA journals/platforms that charge no APCs to their users
• Funding aimed to support technical improvements in the publishing workflows
• Call for proposals released on May 3rd, https://www.openaire.eu/are-you-publishing-your-apc-free-oa-journal-on-a-shoestring
• Maximum of €200k budget to fund up to 12 bids based on a list of recommended technical enhancements
Why an Alt-Funding Mechanism?
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• Gold Open Access does not mean APC-based OA journals
• Most journals listed in the DOAJ charge no APC fees
Why an Alt-Funding Mechanism?
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• “Fair funding distribution across business models”
Requirements for Eligibility
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• Must have published/accepted at least one article funded by an eligible (i.e. finished) FP7 project during the last year
• Must be listed in the DOAJ• Must be APC-free• Must be OpenAIRE-compatible or aiming to
become so asap
https://www.openaire.eu/are-you-publishing-your-apc-free-oa-journal-on-a-shoestring
Desirable Technical Features
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• Persistent identifiers (DOI, handle…)• CC-BY/CC-BY-SA licence• XML versions of the articles• Eligible articles must be deposited in an
OpenAIRE-compliant repository (ideally Zenodo at https://zenodo.org/collection/user-fp7postgrantoapilotoutputs/)
https://www.openaire.eu/are-you-publishing-your-apc-free-oa-journal-on-a-shoestring
Timeschedule
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• May 3rd, 2016: Call for proposals released• Jun 30th, 2016: Deadline for bid submission• Jul 2016: Bid assessment• Aug 1st, 2016: Announcement of selected bids• Early Aug 2016: Signing of agreement. First
50% payment• Mid-Dec 2016: First progress assessment of
technical improvement implementation• Apr 30th, 2017: End of the exercise. Second
payment. Production of case studies
What will be funded
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“What if I already meet all these? Does it mean I’m not eligible?”
How to apply for funding
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• Fill in and submit the funding application form with info on:
- Publisher- APC-free OA journal/platform- Technical improvement proposal:
description, timeschedule and budget - List of publications backing the bid
• Deadline is June 30th, but earlier submission may allow for corrections
• Deadline for publications is also June 30th
• Bids should be emailed to [email protected]
A couple of useful tips
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• FP7 project database available from OpenAIRE API: http://api.openaire.eu/projects/tsv?funding=fp7
• Funding/project information collected in a standardized way a great help
