FWF Open Access Block Grant

Deadline: Wednesday, Dec 31, 2025, 11:00am

The FWF Open Access Block Grant supports open access publication costs for peer-reviewed research articles/contributions arising from FWF projects and published in OA journals, OA books, or on OA publication platforms.

Requirements for funding

Publishing the research article/contribution in an OA publication venue

Funding from the FWF OA Block Grant can be used to pay OA costs for peer-reviewed publications only, such as individual research articles in OA journals and individual contributions to OA edited collections.
Journals and publishing platforms must be listed in the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ).
In the case of contributions to edited collections, the entire collection must be published open access.

Corresponding author and affiliation

The corresponding author of the output has been based at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna (staff or student in accordance with UG 2002 §94) during their research activities from which the output arose. The publication contains their work, or parts of their work, related to the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna.
The corresponding author states the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna as their (first) affiliation in the publication.

License

A CC BY license must be used for any publication.

OA costs covered

There is no capping of OA costs per publication, funding subject to available means.

Acknowledgement und Rights Retention

The FWF requires publications to acknowledge support received from FWF by stating the FWF as the research funding agency, followed by the grant DOI and the Rights Retention statement.
The following sentences should be included in the manuscript upon submission:

“This research was funded in whole or in part by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) [grant DOI]. For open access purposes, the author has applied a CC BY public copyright license to any author accepted manuscript version arising from this submission.“

More information on Rights Retention von Plan S.

Note: Authors are responsible for complying with the funding requirements and OA policy of the FWF. The Art | Research | Support team will review and decide whether to cover OA costs for any publication. OA costs can only be covered if all funding requirements are met and funds are available. There is no legal claim to funds.

Not eligible for funding

OA publication costs for scholarly books, such as entire edited collections or monographs; please refer to the FWF funding program Book Publications.
OA costs for publications in subscription journals (hybrid OA)
costs for time-delayed or retroactive OA publishing
other publication costs (e.g., page/overlength charges, color charges)

When to apply

We recommend applying as early as possible, even before submitting your manuscript, to ensure that the OA costs will be covered.
If you want to inquire about whether OA costs for an article/a contribution may be covered, please send us an email at openaccess@akbild.ac.at.
OA costs for articles/contributions arisen from FWF projects may be covered up to three years after project completion.

Funding process

Fill out the application form (after login) for funding through the FWF OA Block Grant.
The Art | Research | Support team will review your application and inform you about the outcome. If we confirm to fund your publication, we will provide you with the billing address of Art | Research | Support, to which the publisher should send the invoice.
Submit your manuscript, acknowledging the FWF and including the Rights Retention statement (see ‘Requirements for funding’), and communicate the billing address to the publisher.
The publisher sends the invoice to (If the publisher can only send the invoice to the author, please forward it to openaccess@akbild.ac.at so that we can make the payment.)
We will pay the invoice directly to the publisher and inform you by email.
After publication, the University Library archives a digital copy of the research article/contribution in A...repository

Note: Since January 1, 2024, FWF OA funding for peer-reviewed publications is no longer managed by the FWF. The Art | Research | Support team administers the OA funds and serves as contact point for members of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna. More information on the FWF Open Access Block Grant.

For further information please contact Katharina Heinz (openaccess@akbild.ac.at, +43 1 58816-1116)

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