Significant funds available to support faculty publishing in open access journals

"In January 2013, a group of organizations on campus started a fund to financially assist any K-State faculty member or researcher who wanted to publish in open access journals.  Just nine months later, the K-State Open Access Publishing Fund had awarded 24 grants totaling $33,048 to cover author fees. The the fund is well on the way to surpassing that mark in 2014, and funds are still available. The fund has $40,000 to distribute toward articles that were accepted for publication after July 1. Applications that comply with the eligibility criteria will be funded on a first-come, first-served basis. The fund is jointly supported by the Office of the Provost and Senior Vice President, Office of Research and Sponsored Programs and K-State Libraries. Up to $3,000 per article is provided to pay publication fees in open-access journals that provide free, immediate, online access to the full text of research articles upon publication without restrictions ..."