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These agreements operate separately from the discontinued UCSF Open Access Fund. The discounts or funding support are based on the publishers we've signed agreements with and the terms vary by agreement. New agreements are added to the webpage as soon as they are announced. See details at <a href="https://tiny.ucsf.edu/publishingdiscounts">https://tiny.ucsf.edu/publishingdiscounts</a>. </p> <p>The Library does not have funds outside of the existing publisher agreements linked above.</p> <h3><strong>What to do if funding is not available for your journal or publisher</strong></h3> <ol> <li>If your journal is fully open access (OA is not optional) and you do not have funds to pay the article processing charge (APC), you may be able to request an APC waiver or discount from the journal.  <ul> <li>Check the journal's author guidelines for their policy and process for <a href="https://www.editage.com/insights/how-do-i-write-to-the-journal-asking-for-a-discount-on-the-apc">requesting an APC waiver</a></li> <li>Provide <a href="https://ucsf.box.com/s/dtvmk5vvs00muywybyrf5f69w78d79s6">this letter</a> to the journal (if needed) as validation that the UCSF Fund is no longer providing awards</li> </ul> </li> <li>If OA is optional in your journal, you can forego the OA option and publish your article under the traditional subscription model. Then, as specified by <a href="https://libraryhelp.ucsf.edu/hc/en-us/articles/360036535994-UC-Open-Access-Policies">UC's open access policies</a>, deposit your final author accepted manuscript (AAM) in UC's eScholarship platform via the <a href="https://oapolicy.universityofcalifornia.edu/">UC Publication Management System</a>. <ul> <li>UC policies give all UC authors the right to publish the AAM version of their scholarly articles immediately upon publication and without having to pay a fee</li> <li>See <a href="https://ucsflibrary.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360036535994-UC-Open-Access-Policies">details about UC's open access policies</a>, and <a href="https://www.library.ucsf.edu/ask-an-expert/scholarly-communication-contact/">contact the Library</a> with questions</li> </ul> </li> </ol> <p><img alt="thumbnail image for the University of California document, Help Make Your Research Articles Freely Available to the World" loading="lazy" src="https://d2jv02qf7xgjwx.cloudfront.net/accounts/28739/images/MakeArticlesOAthumbnail-233x300.png" style="border-width: 1px; border-style: solid; margin: 4px; float: left;" /></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>See the University of California guide, Help Make Your Research Articles Freely Available to the World, via a <a href="https://osc.universityofcalifornia.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/UC_Help_Make_Your_Research_Articles_Freely_Available.pdf">graphical representation</a> of the pathways to open access for scholarly articles, or a <a href="https://osc.universityofcalifornia.edu/for-authors/help-make-your-research-articles-freely-available/">text-only version</a>. </p> <h3> </h3> <h3> </h3> <h3> </h3> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div></div><div id="s-lg-box-wrapper-32714601" class="s-lg-box-wrapper-32714601"><div id="s-lg-box-27818953-container" class="s-lib-box-container"> <div id="s-lg-box-27818953" class="s-lib-box s-lib-box-std"> <h2 class="s-lib-box-title">About the Fund</h2><div id="s-lg-box-collapse-27818953" > <div class="s-lib-box-content pad-left-none pad-right-none"> <div id="s-lg-content-64530471" class=" clearfix"> <p>The UCSF Open Access Publishing Fund helped cover open access (OA) publication fees between 2015-2022 for UCSF authors without grant or other funds available to cover them. </p> <p><strong>Funding source</strong></p> <p>The UCSF Academic Senate provided funding from 2015-2019, supplemented by the Library since 2017. From 2020-22, the Library was the sole source of funding. See the 2017 <a href="https://www.library.ucsf.edu/news/open-access-funding-opportunity-for-all-ucsf-faculty/">announcement</a> for the Fund's background with Academic Senate funding, and an <a href="https://www.library.ucsf.edu/news/ucsfs-open-access-fund-replaced-by-transformative-open-access-publisher-agreements/">overview of the fund from 2015 until its closure in 2022</a>.</p> <p><img alt="" loading="lazy" src="//s3.amazonaws.com/libapps/accounts/1975/images/piggy_bank.jpg" style="float: right; width: 281px; height: 234px;" /><strong>Program goals</strong></p> <ul> <li>Provide grants to UCSF authors to defray open access<strong> </strong>publishing charges when other funding is not available</li> <li>Foster greater dissemination of the work of UCSF scholars</li> <li>Encourage<strong> </strong>author control of copyright through OA publishing</li> <li>Provide opportunities for the UCSF community to engage in discussion about OA publishing models and wider scholarly communication topics</li> <li>Support UCSF's commitment through the <a href="https://www.library.ucsf.edu/news/ucsf-commits-to-make-all-subscription-journals-freely-accessible/">OA2020 Initiative</a> to repurpose subscription expenditures towards OA publishing</li> </ul> <p> </p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div></div><div id="s-lg-box-wrapper-30101423" class="s-lg-box-wrapper-30101423"><div id="s-lg-box-25625568-container" class="s-lib-box-container"> <div id="s-lg-box-25625568" class="s-lib-box s-lib-box-std"> <h2 class="s-lib-box-title">Fund Status Updates 2021-22</h2><div id="s-lg-box-collapse-25625568" > <div class="s-lib-box-content pad-left-none pad-right-none"> <div id="s-lg-content-59068868" class=" clearfix"> <ul> <li>2022 May 26:: <strong><a href="https://www.library.ucsf.edu/news/ucsfs-open-access-fund-replaced-by-transformative-open-access-publisher-agreements/">Read more</a> about the UCSF Open Access Fund</strong> and how to get funding through UC <a href="https://ucsflibrary.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360036082334-Discounts-Funding-for-Open-Access-Publishing">open access agreements with publishers</a><strong>. </strong>The Library does not plan to renew the Open Access Fund.<br />  </li> <li>2022 April 8: The UCSF Open Access Fund has officially shut down, since the funds are over-committed for the fiscal year.<strong> </strong>The Library will not be resuming the fund in the new fiscal year due to budget limitations. <strong>This closure does not impact <a href="https://ucsflibrary.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360036082334-Discounts-Funding-for-Open-Access-Publishing">publisher agreements</a> that cover or discount open access publishing fees for UCSF authors.</strong> Those agreements remain active, and additional publisher agreements are forthcoming.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>2022 April 1: The UCSF Open Access Fund is nearly fully spent. We are not accepting new applications until we assess the budget situation and determine if we can take any more applications this fiscal year. This does not impact publisher agreements that cover or help cover open access publishing fees for UCSF/UC authors - those agreements remain active. See all <a href="https://ucsflibrary.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360036082334-Discounts-Funding-for-Open-Access-Publishing">open access publisher agreements and discounts</a>. </li> </ul> <ul> <li>2022 March 30: Due to a surge in demand, we are faced with the possibility of a depletion of funds before the end of the fiscal year. To ensure that funds are going to authors who are not part of a research grant and who truly need the funds, the Fund can now only reimburse the award applicant (the first author) through UCSF MyExpense.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>2021 November 30: The Fund is active and accepting applications for fiscal year 2021-2022. 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