Open Publishing Support Fund
Increasing the Impact of UTK Research Through Open Access
The University of Tennessee, Knoxville Office of Research and University Libraries have renewed a fund of $20,000 for FY 2009-2010 to pay fees that support open access journals. This pilot program extends through June 2010 or until funding is exhausted and will be evaluated for continuation.
Eligible charges are “article processing charges” levied by open access publishers such as the Public Library of Science and BioMedCentral. Any open access publication will be considered, provided that its contents are made freely available at the time of initial publication with no embargo periods.
What is Open Access?
Open-access (OA) literature is digital, online, and freely available to users... more