The Open Access Fund assists faculty members to pay fees, sometimes known as article processing charges (APCs), associated with publishing in open access books and journals. It is open to researchers at UBC Vancouver and Okanagan in SSHRC-aligned disciplines.
The Open Access Fund supports the costs of making books or journal articles openly accessible, that is, accessible without subscription or paywalls. Open access is a requirement of many funding agencies and enables wide dissemination of university research.
An individual author or individual work is only eligible to receive a set maximum award amount through the Open Access Fund each academic year.
The fund aims to support research and scholarship aligned with SSHRC’s General Guidelines for Eligibility of Subject Matter for SSHRC and Eligibility of Applications Related to Health.