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Z. Smith Reynolds Library has established an Open Access Fund to help faculty pay for Open Access publication fees. Under a cost-sharing arrangement, the ZSR Library will pay for one-third of the Open Access publication fees, and the remaining two-thirds will be funded equally by the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs and the faculty member’s department.

Criteria for Open Access Journal Publishing Fund

• WFU Reynolda Campus faculty members are eligible.
• Articles must be publicly available immediately upon publication.
• Articles may be published in either Open Access or hybrid journals (traditional journals that offer a per-article Open Access option for an additional fee).
• Authors who receive external funding support that could be used for publishing costs (e.g., NIH grants or contract awards) are still eligible for WFU funds, but must use all available funds from the grant or contract before seeking WFU funds.
• Funding will be provided in equal sum from three sources: ZSR Library, the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs, and the faculty member’s department.

Wake Forest University faculty who have received Open Access funding from the library include:

• Earl Smith, Professor of Sociology and the Rubin Distinguished Professor of American Ethnic Studies,
• Donald Robin, Professor Emeritus, Calloway School,
• Abdessadek Lachgar, Professor of Chemistry,
• Gloria Muday, Professor of Biology, and
• Mark Welker, Poteat Professor of Chemistry and Associate Provost for Research.

Faculty may request funding through their library liaison. A request form is also available online.