UMass Amherst faculty, staff and students who are the corresponding author of an open access (OA) journal article, book chapter, or book are invited to apply for funding to cover their publisher’s author processing charge (APC). Nandita Mani, Dean of Libraries, has increased the total Supporting Open Access Research (SOAR) Fund to $25,000 based on historical use of the fund and current trends in scholarly publishing. This year the maximum award is $1,900, up from $1,200 in past years.
For full details on eligibility requirements, award determination criteria, and the application form, visit the SOAR Fund guide. Applications will be considered after October 6th, 2023 and April 19th, 2024 review deadlines, and awards will be granted equitably to authors from STEM and Humanities/Social Science fields. Over the 2023 academic year, 16 awards were granted to authors representing 14 departments. A bibliography provides links to funded works since SOAR’s inception in 2016.