Open Access Publishing Fund – Clemson Libraries

About the Fund

Clemson University Libraries is committed to supporting its faculty community in their efforts to share the results of their research broadly, quickly, and openly. Often, this is accomplished by legally sharing accepted manuscripts through an institutional repository or academic social networking site.

Clemson Libraries believes in the important role fully open access journals (gold OA) play in the changing landscape of scholarly communication, as well as the economic realities authors face in choosing to make their work fully OA. Based on that, Clemson Libraries offers this fund to support Open Access Publishing to enhance the visibility of research outputs for Clemson University’s authors, which supports Clemson Elevate’s goal of doubling the research by 2035. This fund is also enhanced by a generous contribution from the Office of Research.

Visit the Open Access Publishing Fund collection in Clemson Open to view the open access works supported by this initiative.

Form: Open Access Fund Application

Requesting Author Information
Name(Required)
First Last
Email(Required)
You must list your official @clemson.edu email here, not a g.clemson or a personal account.

ORCID(Required)
For information on how to create an ORCID please see visit the Research Impact Challenge LibGuide.
Clemson College(Required)
Please indicate other College:
College of Agriculture, Forestry, and Life Sciences (CAFLS)(Required)
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College of Science (COS)(Required)
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College of Engineering, Computing, and Applied Sciences (CECAS)(Required)
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College of Behavioral, Social, and Health Sciences (CBSHS)(Required)
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College of Architecture, Arts, and Construction (CAAC)(Required)
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College of Education (COE)(Required)
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College of Arts and Humanities (CAH)(Required)
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Wilbur O. and Ann Powers College of Business (COB)(Required)
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Please indicate your primary role at Clemson:(Required)
What is your author status?(Required)
Additional Authors
Do you have coauthors?(Required)

Yes

No
Additional Authors

Name Affiliation Author Status Actions

There are no Authors.

Maximum number of authors reached.

Article Information
Article Title(Required)
Journal Name(Required)
Journal’s ISSN(Required)
Publisher(Required)
Have you already submitted your article to this journal?(Required)

Yes

No
Has your article already been accepted for publication?

Yes

No, still waiting for a response
If your article has been accepted, when is payment due?
Authors cannot be reimbursed for personal funds spent. Therefore, payment will be handled through chart strings via the department’s Business Officer that is entered in the application.
Funding Information
Have you received an award from the Clemson Libraries Open Access Publishing Fund this fiscal year?

Yes

No
Are College or Departmental funds available to match the Library's contribution?(Required)

Yes

No
Are grant or F&A funds available to match the Library's contribution?(Required)

Yes

No
OA Publication Fee(Required)

Requested contribution from the Library(Required)
Max of $1500. Please enter a number less than or equal to 1500.
Please enter a number less than or equal to 1500.
Budget Officer Information
The library will not directly pay the invoice. Upon manuscript acceptance and receipt of an invoice, the library will provide the budget officer with an account string to draw its portion of the payment.
Budget Officer Name(Required)
Budget Officer Email Address(Required)

Social Media
Do you agree to have yourself and your research featured on Clemson’s social media if you are chosen for an award?(Required)

Yes

No
Additional Acknowledgements
The awarded applicant must agree to cite the fund as a source of support within the article using the following statement: “Publication support was provided by the Clemson University Libraries Open Access Publishing Fund”.(Required)
I agree
Applicants are solely responsible for the accuracy and completeness of all information provided in this application.(Required)
I agree
Does the journal allow green open access publishing (adding the accepted manuscript to Clemson open) if you are awarded the fund?(Required)
Read more about Green Open Access Publishing by visiting the Open Access,Publishing Models & journal selection LibGuide.

Yes

No

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Award Eligibility

The funding application must be submitted at the time of the manuscript’s acceptance for publication.
A confirmation message of receiving the application will be sent to the applicant over her/his email within 24 hours. If the email is not received, please try a different browser. You may contact us the next day if you still can’t submit your application.
Eligibility to apply extends to all members of the Clemson University community from all disciplines. Applicants must be currently affiliated with Clemson University with an active yourname@nullclemson.edu email at the time of submitting the application.
Each researcher is eligible to receive only one award per fiscal year, defined as July 1 through June 30 next year.
The award amount shall be used exclusively to cover publication expenses and must be supported by an official invoice issued by the publisher of the article.
Only articles accepted to reputable and fully open access (gold OA) journals are eligible for this fund. To check if the journal is not predatory, you can visit the Predatory Journals and Publishers LibGuide.
Clemson affiliates must submit the award application when co-authoring with researchers from other institutions.
The awarded applicant must agree to cite the fund as a source of support within the article using the following statement: “Publication support was provided by the Clemson University Libraries Open Access Publishing Fund”.
Authors automatically opt-in to have themselves and their research featured on Clemson’s social media if they are chosen for an award. If you do not want your research featured, you must indicate that on your application.
The OAPF application deadline for the current month is the 25th of each month to allow time for applications’ review process. Application received after this will be considered in the next month.
The OAPF applications will be reviewed monthly, and 2-3 awards will be granted at the end of each month. All applicants will receive an email about their application status at the end of each month.
Each application will be evaluated using this rubric.
The award will not exceed $1,500.
Winners who are undergraduate/graduate or postdoctoral students are required to submit their manuscript for LEAD authorship confirmation.
Winners cannot be reimbursed for personal funds spent. Therefore, payment will be handled through chart strings via the department’s Business Officer that is entered in the application.
Winners are requested to deposit a copy of the funded article in Clemson University’s Clemson Open institutional repository.

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This policy has been drafted based on the Compact for Open-Access Publishing Equity.

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About the Fund

Form: Open Access Fund Application

Award Eligibility

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