Open-Access Block Grant
Open-Access Block Grant supports researchers through Austrian institutions, funding open-access publication of FWF project articles and edited-volume contributions to help meet its Open-Access Policy.
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Funder: Austrian Science Fund (FWF)
Due Dates: Beginning of each year (Payout) | December 31, 2024 (Publisher agreement cutoff) | December 31, 2027 (Transformative agreement funding ends)
Funding Amounts: Annual institutional allocation calculated pro rata from FWF’s annual budget for new approvals; supplements approved project budgets
Summary: Supports open-access publication costs for work resulting wholly or partly from FWF-funded projects through Austrian research institutions.
Key Information: The corresponding author must have a valid affiliation with the Austrian institution administering the grant.
Description
The Austrian Science Fund’s Open-Access Block Grant supports publication costs for peer-reviewed journal articles and individual contributions to open-access edited volumes resulting wholly or partly from FWF-funded projects. Institutions administer the funding under the FWF’s PROFI funding mode, in addition to approved project budgets, to help researchers comply with the FWF Open-Access Policy.
The program supports gold open-access journals, diamond and alternative publishing platforms, and eligible publisher agreements. Publications must use a CC BY license, with no embargo for platform publications and transformative agreements. Introduced on January 1, 2024, it replaced the Peer-Reviewed Publications program for all projects, regardless of approval date. Authors arrange support through their institutions rather than submitting a separate publication-funding application to FWF.
