DFG Supports “Action Plan for Diamond Open Access”

Grant Name
DFG Supports “Action Plan for Diamond Open Access”
Funder
German Research Foundation
Country or Region
Germany
Contact Info
Dr. Astrid Sänger, Scientific Library Services and Information Systems astrid.saenger@dfg.de
Dr. Angela Holzer, Scientific Library Services and Information Systems angela.holzer@dfg.de
Description

On 17 March 2022 the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) signed an action plan to promote science-driven open access publishing infrastructures. The “Action Plan for Diamond Open Access” is an initiative by Science Europe, the cOAlition S, OPERAS (a European infrastructure for open science communication in the social sciences and humanities) and the French funding organisation Agence nationale de la recherche (ANR).

“Diamond” open access (OA) is an open access business model in which no fees are charged to either authors or readers. The publication infrastructure for freely accessible first publications is provided by academic institutions or financed by professionally organised academic associations such as learned societies.

There are an estimated 29,000 journals operating worldwide under the “Diamond” OA model, almost half of which (45 percent) are based in Europe. This model is particularly popular in the humanities and social sciences (HSS), and offers advantages in terms of ensuring equal access to information. It means that, since there are no publication costs, no disadvantages are incurred to disciplines, countries, regions or institutions with limited financial resources.

The action plan sets four priorities that are in line with the DFG’s commitment to open access:

  • Improve the efficiency and collaboration of “Diamond” OA journals and platforms
  • Standardise and harmonise quality requirements
  • Improve the skills of researchers and publishers and build a supranational non-profit capacity centre
  • Optimise the sustainability of Diamond OA publication infrastructures

The DFG promotes the “Diamond” OA model in particular under its programme “Infrastructures for Scholarly Publishing”. By supporting the action plan, the aim is to strengthen the coordination of international activities geared towards demand-driven and science-led open access publishing without profit interests.

Funding resources

Purdue Grant Writing Lab: Introduction to Grant Writing Open Link
University of Wisconsin Writing Center: Planning and Writing a Grant Proposal Open Link

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