The University of Oregon Libraries’ Article Processing Charge Award Fund is no longer accepting new applications. All available funds for this award have been fully allocated, and the program is now being sunset.
Since its launch in collaboration with the UO Senate Subcommittee on Open Access, the Article Processing Charge Award Fund supported high-quality open access publishing for the UO research community, increasing access, visibility, reach, and impact of scholarship produced at the UO. We are grateful to the many Open Access Article Processing Charge (OA-APC) Award Fund Winners who participated in this award program and made it meaningful for UO Libraries.
Why the Program Is Ending
The Open Access Publishing Fund was supported through limited, non‑recurring funding. At this time, no additional funding has been secured to continue the program beyond the current award cycle. As a result, the Libraries are concluding the fund once all existing commitments are fulfilled.
Sunsetting this award allows us to responsibly close the program while continuing to explore and provide sustainable alternatives to support open scholarship at UO. For more information on our current open access partnerships, memberships and APC discounts available to UO researchers, please see our Open Access & Scholarly Communication Research Guide.
Add it to your grant: When applying for a grant, be sure to plan for open access funding in your grant proposal.
Get a discount on your APC: UO Libraries has negotiated some discounts for APCs, and some publishers allow authors to request a discount or waiver. As we negotiate or identify these discounts, we will continue to add them to the Open Access & Scholarly Communication Research Guide.
Apply for funding through Oregon Humanities Center: The Oregon Humanities Center offers $1500 to support faculty open publishing, due to demand. Funding on a first come, first served basis.
Support & Questions
For other questions about open access publishing, get in touch with us. If you have another type of open access publishing project (journal, ebook, open educational resources, etc.) for which you would like support, please contact us to discuss options. For more information about recent Open Access work at the UO Libraries, please see:
UO Open Access Policy: includes information about the policy and tools to submit your publications.
Open Educational Resources: includes information about support, funding, and platforms for adopting, adapting, and publishing OER.
Digital Publishing Support: includes support and platform options for publishing UO-hosted open textbooks, open journals, and open monographs.
