Article publication charges (APCs) or Open Access Fees (OA Fees) for previously unpublished articles

• In fully open access journals (in which all articles are available open access)
• Where articles are made immediately available, with no embargo period

• Listed in the Directory of Open Access Journals or
• Hold membership in the Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association
• Publish its standard fee schedules

• Color charges
• Page charges
• Illustration fees
• Submission fees
• Charges for open access in hybrid journals (journals that allow authors to purchase open access on an article-by-article basis or allow open access after a delay)

• Current University of Dayton faculty and graduate students
• The Open Access Fund may not be used by authors with gift or grant funding except where the grant prohibits the use of funds to cover these charges

• $1,000 is the maximum any one applicant may be awarded in one calendar year. The person who completes the application will be considered the applicant for the article
• The Open Access fund will cover a maximum of $1,000 for any one article
• The Open Access Funds are available on a first-come, first-served basis. When the funds are exhausted, no additional applications will be considered

Authors are required to add an acknowledgement to all articles sponsored by the fund such as:

Funding for Open Access provided by the University of Dayton Libraries Open Access Fund.