Peer-Reviewed Publications

This program provides funding to cover the costs of peer-reviewed publications resulting from FWF projects. This program will expire when the Open-Access Block Grant takes effect on January 1, 2024.

Target group

This funding program is aimed at principal investigators and project staff of FWF projects.

Funding goals

The Peer-Reviewed Publications program offers researchers funding for the costs of peer-reviewed publications resulting from FWF projects up to three years after the end of the project.

Additional program-specific information

For the following publishers, costs will be settled directly between the FWF and the publisher until December 31, 2023 (see links for more information on individual agreements):

  • American Chemical Society (ACS)
  • BioMedCentral (BMC) (incl. Springer Open)
  • Elsevier (Submissions after January 1, 2021) – Contract (© Elsevier; publication of this contract is for public information purposes only, under no circumstances may the contract or any part of it be used or copied by others without authorization)
  • Frontiers – Contract
  • Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
  • Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) – Contract
  • Royal Society of Chemistry – Contract (© Royal Society of Chemistry; publication of this contract is for public information only, under no circumstances may the contract or any part of it be used or copied by others without authorization)
  • Springer Nature – Contract (© Springer Nature AG & Co. KGaA;  publication of this contract is for public information only, under no circumstances may the contract or any part of it be used or copied by others without authorization)
  • Taylor & Francis – Contract (© Taylor & Francis; publication of this contract is for public information only, under no circumstances may the contract or any part of it be used or copied by others without authorization)
  • Wiley (for hybrid open-access journals and gold open-access journals)

In the case of direct agreements, any publications indicating the FWF as the funding organization and including a project number should be recognized by the publisher during the submission process and forwarded to the FWF to ensure compliance with the Application Guidelines for Peer-Reviewed Publications. For further information, please see also Kooperation E-Medien Österreich (KEMÖ).

For all other publications that meet the requirements for peer-reviewed publications, authors can apply for reimbursement of the OA publication costs (PUR application).

Funding amount

See application guidelines

Prerequisites

  • Peer-reviewed publications resulting from an FWF project (up to three years after the end of the project)
  • For further details, please see the application guidelines.

Approval

Decision by the FWF Scientific Board

Application information

Rolling submissions using the online application portal elane possible; this program will expire when the Open-Access Block Grant takes effect on January 1, 2024.

Funding institution

Austrian Science Fund (FWF)

Submissions

Rolling

Inquiries and contact

publikationskosten(at)fwf.ac.at

 

Application portal

Program-specific FAQ

Is funding available for the open-access publication of individual peer-reviewed contributions in edited volumes or of book chapters?

  • For individual book chapters or contributions in OA edited volumes that meet the conditions of the Peer-Reviewed Publications program (see Application Guidelines, page 3), reimbursement of publishing costs can be requested by filing a PUR application until December 31, 2023.
  • Guidelines for projects approved between November 1, 2014, and December 31, 2020: The OA publication of a single book chapter or contribution in an edited volume can be funded up to an amount of €1,500 if it is published in a book or edited volume edited by someone other than the author and complies with the Application Guidelines of the Peer-Reviewed Publications program (page 3). Individual book chapters or contributions in edited volumes may also be funded from the global budget if they are published in a book or edited volume edited by someone other than the author and comply with the Application Guidelines of the Peer-Reviewed Publications program (page 3).
  • Guidelines for projects approved on or after January 1, 2021: Contributions to edited volumes or book chapters that are not published in full open access cannot be funded from or charged to the global budget.