Open Access publication funding

1. Funding is available for publications in open access journals that are listed at Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) and implement suitable quality assurance measures (such as peer review). The article must be freely accessible immediately after publication and its distribution must be authorised.
2. The first author, submitting author or corresponding author is a member of the University of Innsbruck. This is clearly indicated by a corresponding affiliation with the University of Innsbruck.
3. A maximum of three publications per year and author or working group are funded.
4. The maximum amount of funding is 50% of the costs invoiced to the University of Innsbruck (APC), up to a maximum of 1,500 euros.  (This does not apply to publications in MDPI journals).

Publications that were written as part of projects and can be funded by these (e.g. EU and FWF projects) are not eligible for funding.

The free purchase of articles from journals that are in principle subject to subscription is also not funded ("hybrid journals"). This also includes articles in so-called mirror journals, which are listed in the DOAJ as open access offshoots of closed access journals, but are essentially a special form of hybrid journals.

It is not possible to submit an application for publications that have already been or will be (partially) funded by another funding programme of the Vice-Rectorate for Research.

All Open Access publications funded by the University of Innsbruck are uploaded to Repository for publications of the University of Innsbruck.

The author is responsible for the entry of the publication in the FLD database.

Due to questionable quality standards, funding for Gold Open Access publications in MDPI journals from the UIBK Open Access Publication Fund will be reduced by January 1, 2025.

In addition to the general award criteria, the following applies:

The maximum amount of funding is 50% of the costs invoiced to the University of Innsbruck (APC), up to a maximum of 500 euros.

The existing publishing agreement for discounted publishing in MPDI journals for members of the UIBK of -10% will remain in place for the time being.

Please note that publication fees for monographs,edited volumes (book processing charges (BPC)) and book chapters cannot be funded in full. However, funding in accordance with the award criteria is possible with the prerequisite that the first author is a member of the University of Innsbruck and that the book/chapter is listed in the Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB).

Monographies and edited volumes

The maximum amount of funding is 50% of the costs invoiced to the University of Innsbruck (BPC), up to a maximum of 2,000 euros (after submission of the publishing contract).

Book chapter

The maximum amount of funding is 50% of the costs invoiced to the University of Innsbruck (BPC), up to a maximum of 1,500 euros (after submission of the publishing contract).

As part of the FWF programme "Book Publications", the FWF funds open access monographs and edited volumes up to a maximum of EUR 22,000.

An informal application to Forschung@uibk.ac.at is sufficient. Please enclose a cost estimate including the manuscript or the publication invoice and (if already available) the DOI and the SAP statement.

Please note that funding is only paid to the associated department and not to private individuals. (after submission of the SAP statement).