Funding Criteria
The publication meets the funding criteria stipulated by the University of Bonn:
- The author or editor is a member of the University of Bonn or University Hospital Bonn at the time the publication is submitted.
- This is a first publication.
- The quotation from the publisher must have been obtained by the time the application is made.
- The publication fee (BPC) does not exceed €10,000 (including VAT).
- The book's publisher must apply the quality assurance procedures deemed standard in the relevant field.
- The publisher is recognized by the academic community and/or listed as an open-access publisher, e.g. in the Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB) or by the Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA).
- The affiliation "University of Bonn" must be made clear. Please make sure that your publication contains a "Funding Acknowledgement". Please use the following standardized Funding Acknowledgement: "This publication was published at the University of Bonn and supported by the Open Access publication fund of the University of Bonn."
- We reserve the invoice amount for your publication for 3 months from the scheduled publication date. If you have not received an invoice from the publisher by the deadline, please get back to us and we will reserve the amount for another 3 months. If you do not get back to us, we will release the amount again for other publications.
- The book or chapter awarded funding must be brought out under a Creative Commons license, ideally CC-BY.
- Doctoral theses are eligible only under the following conditions. The thesis ...
- was written as part of a research project in the humanities, social sciences or law.
- has been awarded a prize.
- has been published by a publishing house of high reputation in the respective field.
- is of special interest to the (scientific/academic) community.
- The responsible subject librarian at the USL Bonn will make a recommendation whether a thesis should be funded. Please note: Even if the above criteria are met, there is no guarantee that your thesis will be funded.