To assist faculty & staff with publishing efforts, the University Libraries Subvention Program of $30,000 was created to cover article processing charges (APC) or book publishing charges (BPC) with contributed funds from each College, University Libraries, and the Offices of the Provost and Vice Chancellor of Research and Innovation.
In addition to the traditional print publishing model, it is recognized that in response to pressure from granting agencies and academics, most respected scientific publishers have begun hybrid and open access publishing options. Therefore, one goal of the Subvention Program is to enable authors to engage in open publishing environments and raise awareness among S&T authors of the benefits of open publishing and encourage new ways of thinking about digital scholarship and information access.
This option to print ‘open access’ (OA) with a reputable publisher can be a boon to a faculty member’s career; these publications can have a broader readership and higher citation count as the article will be available to a larger public audience, and not only in the STEM fields, but across disciplines.
The Subvention Program will award up to $2000.00 per author, per academic year for articles or books accepted for publication in scholarly peer-reviewed print or OA options. In the case of multiple authors, the corresponding or ‘lead’ author will be the applicant and recipient of the award.
Interested S&T authors should begin by reviewing the guidelines above and then complete the application form during open periods. You can access the application for from the menu on the left of this page.