Enable sustained coordination and guidance at the European level on institutional non-profit open access publishing
Programme Category
Programme Name
Programme Description
Horizon Europe is the European Union (EU) funding programme for the period 2021 – 2027, which targets the sectors of research and innovation. The programme’s budget is around € 95.5 billion, of which € 5.4 billion is from NextGenerationEU to stimulate recovery and strengthen the EU’s resilience in the future, and € 4.5 billion is additional aid.
Identifier Code
Call
Summary
The conclusions on ‘high quality, transparent, open, trustworthy and equitable scholarly publishing’ that the Council of the European Union adopted in May 2023 highlight the importance of equitable scholarly open access publishing models where authors can publish their work irrespective of their institutional affiliation or funding source, with no fees to them or their readers.
EU Member States also called for supporting the development of publishing models led by public research organisations.
In recent years, universities, research institutions and other organisations relevant to research have increasingly engaged in setting up their own open access publishing activities and services.
Detailed Call Description
Proposals should address at least the following:
- Provision of services to institutional non-profit publishing initiatives, including guidance and support for quality assessment, access to tools and technology, and support in meeting technological standards (e.g., interoperability standards). Complementarity between activities at European, national, and institutional level provided by different types of actors must be ensured.
- Organisation of training programmes for all stakeholders in institutional non-profit open access publishing to support the further development of skills and competences, and facilitation of exchanges of electronic publishing specialists across the European Research Area. The activities should aim to achieve support for such publishing services within institutions and help embed them in national research assessment systems.
- Coordination of services and practices with the aim of exploiting synergies and creating efficiencies, including the pooling of resources at European level. Activities should aim to ensure that resources developed are available to all those who are managing institutional non-profit open access publishing in Europe, with attention to equitable access to and distribution of these resources.
The action may build on and valorise the results of earlier projects, in particular projects focused on capacity-building and global cooperation for institutional non-profit open access publishing, as well as of relevant national and European initiatives. The action should address articles, as well as monograph/book publishing.
The duration of this action should not exceed 3 years.
Call Total Budget
Financing percentage by EU or other bodies / Level of Subsidy or Loan
100%
Expected EU contribution per project: €2.00 million.
Thematic Categories
- Education and training
- Information and Communication Technologies
- Information Technology
- Research, Technological Development and Innovation
Eligibility for Participation
- Associations
- Educational Institutions
- Legal Entities
- Non Profit Organisations
- Other Beneficiaries
- Private Bodies
- Researchers/Research Centers/Institutions
- Services Providers
- Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)
- Training Centres
Eligibility For Participation Notes
Applications must be submitted by a consortium including participation, as beneficiaries, of at least three independent legal entities:
- Each established in a different Member State or Associated Country; and
- Two of which are established in a Member State.
A number of non-EU/non-Associated Countries that are not automatically eligible for funding have made specific provisions for making funding available for their participants in Horizon Europe projects.
Call Opening Date
Call Closing Date
National Contact Point(s)
Research and Innovation Foundation
Address: 29a Andrea Michalakopoulou, 1075 Nicosia, P.B. 23422, 1683 Nicosia
Telephone: +357 22205000
Fax: +357 22205001
Email: support@research.org.cy
Website: https://www.research.org.cy/en/
Person to Contact:
Ms. Marcia Trillidou
Scientific Officer A’
Email: trillidou@research.org.cy