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UvA Diamond Open Access Fund open to new applications

6 April 2022

The UvA set up the Diamond Open Access Fund in 2021. The fund supports ‘diamond open access’ initiatives: publication platforms and journals that do not charge for publication or reading. This year, it is once again possible for new, emerging or proven UvA diamond open access initiatives to apply for funding. The new round of applications closes on 1 June 2022.

The UvA Diamond Open Access Fund has two funding routes. For each route, €50,000 is available annually. This round concerns funding applications for Route 2.

Read more about the UvA Diamond Open Access Fund.

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Route 1: initiatives that have published works by UvA researchers

The UvA donates to diamond open access initiatives that have published works by UvA researchers if they satisfy certain conditions. It is not possible to apply for this route. Diamond Open Access initiatives that qualify for a donation via the Pure registration system. For 2019 and 2020, the fund has already made payments to 33 different initiatives for 1 or more publications by UvA researchers. Payments for 2021 will be made in July this year.

Route 2: UvA initiatives

Until 1 June 2022, applications for one-off funding may be submitted for the launch of new or professionalisation of existing UvA diamond initiatives. In 2021, an amount was paid to eight UvA-related initiatives: SciPost, Jeugd in Ontwikkeling, Krisis | Journal for Contemporary Philosophy, NECSUS, Rooilijn, Computational Communication Research, Early Modern Low Countries and Heratige, Memory and Conflict.

The procedure and conditions for submitting an application for Route 2 can be requested from Pascal Braak (p.braak@uva.nl), the Library’s open access specialist.