BMS continues the BMS Open Access fund, effective as of 1 January 2024, and available (if not depleted) until the end of 2024!
BMS stimulates Open Science, as from 2019 the Faculty Board of BMS made OA funds available. The BMS Open Access fund 2024 is available. Noting, however, that funds could be depleted before the end of the year. As we noticed an increase in APCs, we decided to also raise the reimbursement for book chapters to 2000€.
BMS will reimburse (partly) publication costs for (high-quality) open-access journal articles or books/book chapters accepted in the period January-December 2024. Reimbursement depends on the criteria (see above link) and needs to be requested and paid by the section first before the end of 2024.
This year the procedures of the fund work a little differently, we have made improvements based on our experience. There are often incomplete applications sent in, moreover, there are still often questions if the fund is the most suitable funding option to your situation. Therefore, we now work with 2 forms to keep it clear also for the information specialists and the necessary criteria and settlement of granting the fund. A 'preliminary checks/question' form and a 'final request form' (when all criteria can be answered), forms can be easily filled out online and will be automatically sent to the information specialists.
More info and Contact
Check the UT Open Access info website, or the BMS Research Support on Open Access.
For direct advice/support regarding the faculty fund contact the BMS Information Specialists (infospecs-bms@utwente.nl), and for key questions on UT procedures and policies contact the UT specialists Open Access (open-access@utwente.nl).
