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Open Access

This guide is to help UNLV authors learn about open access, article processing charges (APCs), avoiding predatory publishers, and open access policies.

Open Access Funds

Three funds for supporting UNLV researchers

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.

UNLV Open Article Fund

The UNLV Open Article Fund supports UNLV authors in the following types of academic positions:

  • Tenured and tenure-track faculty
  • Postdoctoral Scholars
  • Research faculty (as defined in UNLV Bylaws 18.3.4) ("Research assistant professor," "Research associate professor," and "Research professor")
  • Instructors (Rank 1, UNLV Bylaws 16.3)

School of Medicine Library Open Article Fund

The School of Medicine Library Open Article Fund supports UNLV Authors in the following positions:

  • SOM faculty
  • Residents
  • Fellows

Graduate & Professional Student Association Open Access Fund

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.

GPSA Student Open Access Fund

What is the UNLV GPSA Student Open Access Fund?

The purpose of this GPSA Student Open Access Fund initiative serves as a means of helping facilitate our standard of very high research activity among graduate and professional students at UNLV. The scope of this initiative is open to all graduate and professional students, including disenfranchised groups within academia as well as any graduate students with a demonstrable financial need and inability to meet article publishing costs within a peer-reviewed open access journal.

Who Manages and Supports the GPSA Fund?

The GPSA provides financial support and the Libraries Scholarly Communication and Data Services Department and the GPSA collaborated to design the criteria, application process, and management of the fund.

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