There are three funds to support researchers who wish to publish their work in open access journals. Each fund has different criteria and a different application form.
The UNLV Open Article Fund supports UNLV authors in the following types of academic positions:
The School of Medicine Library Open Article Fund supports UNLV Authors in the following positions:
As of October 2024, the fund has been temporarily suspended due to the budget. Please contact the GPSA office for additional information. The GPSA fund supports UNLV graduate students.
To apply for funds, review the eligibility criteria below and then complete the online application form. You will login with your UNLV affiliated email to access the form.
To review the eligibility criteria below
Information about you (contact information, affiliation with UNLV, role on article)
Information about the article for which you are seeking funding (title of article, journal, co-authors)
Funding amount requested
Grant information related to the research on which the article is based (as applicable)
To confirm agreement with the following:
To place a copy of the final published work in Digital Scholarship@UNLV
To acknowledge in article that “The publication fees for this article were supported by the UNLV University Libraries Open Article Fund."
That neither you nor your co-authors have grant funding that supports article processing charges for this publication.
That that this research was completed in the capacity of your employment at UNLV or as a UNLV graduate student.
That you have not yet paid the APC (we do not reimburse authors for payments already made)
Visit the application form.
The person requesting open access funds must:
Additionally, first time applicants will get preference for funding when the remaining balance in the fund cannot support all outstanding applications. Requests for funding will still be reviewed as they come in.
This fund will support scholarly articles to be published in fully open access peer reviewed journals. The fund does not cover articles to be published in hybrid journals (where only some content is open access), books, book chapters, magazines, or other types of publications.
Most successful fund applications are for journals included in the Directory of Open Access Journals (doaj.org). There are exceptions since newer journals, or established journals that have not yet applied for membership, may not be in the database. However, we now ask that authors do a preliminary check to see if the journal they intend to publish with is in the DOAJ. If it isn't, you may continue with the application, but the journal will be reviewed closely by library staff to ensure that it does not display characteristics of a predatory journal. If needed, we will use the criteria from the Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA) to evaluate the journal further. You may also wish to review the OASPA information to see if the journal you are considering is following good practices for open access publishing.
Final articles must be added to Digital Scholarship@UNLV, the University’s open access repository. University Libraries Staff will coordinate this process.
The article must acknowledge the University Libraries using the following (or similar) text:
“The publication fees for this article were supported by the UNLV University Libraries Open Article Fund.”
The Libraries Scholarly Communication and Data Services Department will review UNLV Open Article Fund applications. Funding requests meeting the criteria described above and on the application form will be approved until the funds are expended. If the department is unsure the criteria is being met (e.g. such as the journal’s adherence to OASPA code of conduct), the Libraries Collection Committee will assist in the review. The content and topic of the article for which funding is being sought is not considered in the review.
While we expect to have a much faster turnaround time, please allow two weeks for a response to your application. Applications will be reviewed as they are received, in the order they are received.
Awarded authors should send the publisher’s invoice directly to digitalscholarship@unlv.edu for payment. The Libraries will process the payment as quickly as possible.
The maximum award for this fund is $2,000. For awards that only partially cover the full article processing charge, you will need to provide the following when you forward your invoice: