Monographs Publication Fund

Since 01.01.2024, a fund for the financial support of open access books has also been available at the RUB. Until the annual fund budget is exhausted, the following funding requirements apply:

Scope of funding

• RUB members are eligible to apply as authors or editors of open access books.
• First publications of open access monographs and edited volumes are eligible for funding.
• Funding is limited to one book publication per person per year.
• The upper cost limit for funding is 4,500 € (gross).
• RUB Dissertations published in a publishing house are also eligible for funding. Funding is currently limited to one dissertation per faculty per year and can be applied for on the recommendation of the reviewers. Please contact the OA-Team in any case. Due to available funds, the restriction per faculty will be suspended for the publication year 2024 (22 July 2024).
• Only costs for a direct open access publication will be covered (no printing cost subsidies). The selected publisher should submit a cost calculation that is as transparent as possible, including the open access services.
• Authors who publish results from third-party funded projects are obliged to check whether the publication costs can be paid from third-party funds provided for this purpose (e.g. ERC) and to exhaust these funds.
• A funding commitment is initially valid for a period of 12 months.

Funded publication

• There must be a professionally recognized quality assurance procedure (e.g. peer review, series editors, review process, scientific editing, etc.). Listing in the DOAB is an advantage.
• An open access-compliant license is used, CC BY or CC BY-SA is recommended. You can find more information here.
• The publication is given a persistent identifier (DOI or URN).
• The information on the license used and the persistent identifier are listed in the imprint of the online and print edition, as well as a reference to funding by the RUB Publication Fund.
• Long-term archiving of the publication must be guaranteed, usually via the German National Library.
• Orientation towards the quality standards for open access books of the AG Universitätsverlage is recommended.
• The publication will be made available on the RUB-Repository.

Application information

To apply, please send the following information to oa@rub.de

Details of the applicant

• Surname
• First name
• E-mail (RUB address only)
• Organizational unit (for clinics, please also indicate the specialist clinic/chief physician)

Details of the publication

• (Working) title of the planned publication
• Publisher
• Planned CC license
• Third-party funding (funder name, project number)
• Is there already a contract for the planned publication or has it already been signed?
• Planned publication date

Information on invoicing

If approved, the invoice should be addressed to:

                            Ruhr-Universität Bochum
                            Universitätsbibliothek Bochum
                            Zeitschriftenteam, UB 5/8
                            D44780 Bochum
                            (email: oa@rub.de)

Please note that for invoices from other European countries, the VAT number of Ruhr-Universität Bochum (DE 127056261) and the UID of the publisher must be shown on the invoice.