Funding Open Access

The production of an Open Access publication - like the production of any publication - is associated with costs. However, the costs are not charged to the end users, i.e. the readers, but to the authors or their Universities or Research Funding Organisations, depending on the financing model. Researchers at the University of Lucerne, the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts or the Lucerne University of Teacher's Education have various options for financing their Open Access Publications.

The Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) finances comprehensive, scientific and peer-reviewed works as long as they are published by a Gold Open Access publisher. This also includes dissertations, post-doctoral theses, legal commentaries and editions. Textbooks, special editions of journals, conference proceedings, new editions and translations are not funded. Parallel to the digital Open Access publication, a printed version of the work can be published and sold. The costs for printing and distribution of the printed copy must be financed by the sales proceeds. Further information can be found on the SNSF Open Access website.

If the book does not fulfil the criteria of the SNSF, funding can be applied for via the publication fund of the respective institution:

• Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts: Open Science (internal link in Inside)
• Lucerne University of Teacher Education
• University of Lucerne: Research Committee

The Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) finances dissertations and postdoctoral theses provided they are published via a Gold Open Access publisher. Parallel to the digital Open Access publication, a printed version of the work can be published and sold. The costs for printing and distribution of the printed copy must be financed by the sales proceeds. In the case of qualifying theses, the reviews are considered peer reviews; further information can be found on the SNSFs Open Access website.

If the dissertation cannot be published Gold Open Access, the University of Lucerne provides funding for its members under certain conditions (distinction "Summa cum laude" and publication in Green Open Access).

Gold Open Access Journal: The Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) finances articles as long as they have been written as part of an SNSF-funded project and are published in a purely open access journal ("Gold Open Access"). The amount can also be applied for after the end of the project. Further information can be found on the SNSFs Open Access Website. If the article was not written as part of an SNSF-funded project, the costs can be applied for via the Publication Fund of the respective University (see above).

Hybrid Journal: Through Read&Publish Agreements, which the Swiss universities have concluded with various major academic publishers, members of Lucerne's higher education institutions can publish Open Access in thousands of journals at no additional cost.