Open Access – Funders and theResearch Excellence Framework

Valerie McCutcheon, Libraryhttp://www.gla.ac.uk/services/openaccess/

research-openaccess@glasgow.ac.ukresearch-datamanagement@glasgow.ac.uk

2000 + Articles per year

Approximately 45 projects eligible over pilot lifetime

Glasgow Overview

• Charity Open Access Fund (Wellcome Trust, Arthritis Research UK, Breast Cancer

Campaign, the British Heart Foundation, Cancer Research UK, Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research)

• Wellcome Trust monographs and book chapters

• Chief Scientist’s Office Scotland and some others do provide some funds - but many do not.

• European FP7 completed awards - open access publications

• No general University funds

Regular Presentations - Other Funds for Open Access

Open Access Web Pages and Newsletters

Targeted Emails 5th May 2015

Established Open Access ServiceWhat do researchers need to do?

Email details of every publication accepted to:

research-openaccess@glasgow.ac.uk

AS SOON AS YOU ARE NOTIFIED OF ACCEPTANCE

INCLUDE THE FINAL ACCEPTED MANUSCRIPT

DON’T AGREE TO PAY WITHOUT FIRST CHECKING WITH US!

Some enquiries but none eligible so far – not fully open access journals, or projects are still running

Identify Relevant Papers from Incoming Mail

What does the Open Access service do?

• Check funder requirements • Check the publisher copyright policy

• Advise author on open access options

• Pay the open access cost from money provided by funders if appropriate

• Deposit Accepted Final Manuscript into Repository

Fill in the standard information then add open access information

RCUK and Research Excellence Framework plugins from Jisc

Export To Charities Open Access Fund Format