Publishing your Research: Te Pūtea Tautoko Whakaputa Rangahau | Open Access Equity Fund

1. Applicant completes online form
2. Library checks eligibility against the criteria
3. Applications will be assessed by a sub-group of the Research Committee with members from each Division and Faculty as well as Library staff
4. Library pays APC (article processing charge), BPC (book processing charge) or CPC (chapter processing charge), or part thereof as agreed
5. Library reports to the Research Committee on outcomes

Apply

University of Waikato academic staff, post-doctoral fellows and postgraduate students without sufficient funds which can be used for APCs, BPCs or CPCs are eligible to apply and applications are considered on a case-by-case basis. As of 2024, eligible applicants are able to apply at the time they submit to the journal, rather than wait for acceptance.

The following factors will be taken into consideration:

• Prioritisation of Early Career Researchers (i.e. postgraduate students, research fellows and researchers who are within 8 years (at the date of application) of academic employment (this includes postdoctoral research employment).)
• Māori researchers or those undertaking Kaupapa Māori Research
• Pacific researchers or those undertaking Pacific research
• Underrepresented disciplines (areas that have received less funding from this fund)
• Evidence of effort to seek funds from elsewhere (co-funding strongly encouraged)
• Quality of publication
• Potential to enhance PBRF/rankings
• Cost of charge
• Self-archiving policy of the journal (Article Processing Charge in journals that carry zero embargo to make available through Research Commons will only be considered in exceptional circumstances).