K-State Open Access Publishing Fund

• Any K-State researcher may request up to $1,500 to pay for article processing charges (APC) for an open access journal.
• Awards are limited to one per author per calendar year. Exceptions to this policy may be made on a case-by-case basis depending on funding availability and publishing fees.
• For multiple authors, APC waivers and KOAPF funding requests should be submitted by only one group member.
• Arts and humanities scholars are encouraged to apply. The KOPAF reserves some awards to support publications in these areas to address program gaps in supporting open access work in these fields.

Note: K-State researchers may benefit from one KOAPF award or one of our limited Cambridge University Press APC waivers per calendar year.

• A state account number is required for award transfer. Please consult with your department or unit’s designated financial services specialist to find an appropriate state account number. After the initial transfer, the KOAPF is not responsible for additional transfers or moving funds.
• The manuscript must be accepted for publication.
• The manuscript must be published in a qualifying open access journal.
• Articles must be licensed under a Creative Commons license or designated to be placed in the public domain.
• Awardees are expected to submit their published article (Publisher’s Version of Record) to the K-State Research Exchange (K-REx).
• The following statement must be included in the author’s acknowledgment: “The publication of this article was financed with support from the Kansas State University Open Access Publishing Fund.”

The journal must be listed in the Directory of Open Access Journals or the journal publisher must hold membership in the Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association and/or be compliant with the Code of Conduct.

Hybrid journals are not eligible. A hybrid journal is a commercial or society journal which charges authors fees to publish their work as open access, while additionally charging libraries and other users a subscription to allow access to other content in the journal.

• Money requested for publishing in OA journals that do not have costs or publish without APC charges (diamond/platinum OA journals).
• Refunds for previously paid article processing charges.
• Payment of fees for expediting publication.
• Payment of fees to upgrade licenses.
• Article processing charges or publishing fees for hybrid journals.