Gold Open Access Fund UNIL
As part of its strategy to promote Open Access, the Research Dicastery is making an institutional Gold Open Access Fund available to UNIL and CHUV/Unisanté authors from 1 January 2022.
Context and scope
The UNIL Gold Open Access Fund is exhausted until December 31, 2024. The eligibility conditions mentioned below will be valid from January 1, 2025. A new form will be activated on January 6. Until then, please use the old form at the bottom of the page.
This fund is complementary to the Read & Publish agreements we have entered into with numerous publishers. It will enable researchers without external funding to access Gold Open Access publishing (journals and books that are 100% Open Access).
Eligibility requirements and procedure
Eligibility requirements
- Corresponding author affiliated with UNIL and/or CHUV/Unisanté.
- Former researchers no longer affiliated with UNIL may benefit from the Gold Open Access Fund provided that the research leading to the publication was conducted at UNIL and the work was submitted within one year of the end of their affiliation.
- Articles, chapters, and books/monographs are eligible.
- Authors without access to an external funding source capable of covering such costs (e.g., SNSF, EC, Wellcome Trust, Bill & Melinda Gates, etc.).
- Gold OA publication only.
- Hybrid OA (optional OA in a journal or book that also publishes subscription-based articles/chapters) is not supported by this fund.
- Only articles published in journals listed in the Directory of Open Access Journals are eligible.
- Gold OA publications in journals not listed in DOAJ will not be considered.
- Publication fees of less than CHF 2,800 (excl. VAT) for journal articles and CHF 5,000 (excl. VAT) for books and book chapters.
- For journal articles, partial payment is not possible. Articles with publication fees exceeding CHF 2,800 are not eligible.
- For books and book chapters, partial payment is possible.
- Additional costs such as color charges or page charges are not covered.
- Creative Commons Licences:
- For books and book chapters, the CC-BY license is recommended, but CC-BY-NC-ND licenses, in all their variations, are accepted.
- For articles, the Gold OA Fund aligns with international standards and requires a CC-BY license. A CC-BY-ND license may be accepted if a justified request is submitted to the fund administration.
Procedure
If you are eligible, please complete the form below. The unpaid invoice must be submitted to us via the same form.
Payment
Direct payment to the publisher. Please send us the outstanding invoice.
More information
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