Grants for article processing charges (APC)

The Graduate Institute of the Bonn-Rhine-Sieg University of Applied Sciences can grant doctoral students financial support for Open Access fees (article processing charges/APC) if the following requirements are met:

• Before applying for the grant, a positive assessment was made by the library of the H-BRS (clearance declaration/White-List).
• The doctoral candidate has undergone a corresponding peer review procedure, the article has been accepted by the journal, but has not yet been published.
• The doctoral candidate and the H-BRS supervisor are members of the Graduate Institute of the H-BRS.
• The doctoral candidate is a member of the university.
• The H-BRS supervisor assures in a letter of support that he or she will take over the remaining financing and confirms that no third-party funds are available for the fees.
• The H-BRS is mentioned in the publication as primary affiliation.

Open Access Grants:
The GI covers the remaining costs for the Open Access publication that exceed the library and DFG funding (hybrid: €1,000; gold: €2,000), but up to a maximum of €2,000 if funds are available in the current budget year. This should equally apply to monographs.

An Open Access grant can only be claimed once per calendar year and per doctoral student. Only one doctoral candidate per working group can receive a grant for a publication. The research institutes (e.g. A2S, TREE, IVC, IDT/ISF, IZNE) are each considered as one group.

Application for a GI grant for Open Access fees:
The application for a grant is submitted to the Graduate Institute of the Bonn-Rhine-Sieg University of Applied Sciences after acceptance by the journal and before publication. The decision on the application will be made promptly and will be communicated to the applicant.

In case of approval, the GI will participate proportionately in the payment of the publication fees. A copy of the approved application serves as proof of the Open Access grant.

The application for an Open Access grant for doctoral candidates is made available for download in the LEA course H-BRS Graduate Institute.

H-BRS Open Access Grants

In addition, the H-BRS supports Open Access publications with partial funding from the publication fund. Details on the funding conditions can be found on the intranet at https://www.h-brs.de/en/bib/publication-fund-application

When applying for both grants, please use the GI form.