Publication-fund of the RPTU 2025/26

Employes of the RPTU can apply for financial support for the purpose of Open-Access-Publication-fees (APC – Article Processing Charge or Book Processing Charge) using the central publication-fund.

The following Open-Access-Publication-types are elligable for funding, if they have been published within the current calendar-year:

  • Submissions in scientific journals and conference contributions (Gold and Hybrid OA)
  • Contributions to anthologies (Gold)
  • Anthology (Gold)
  • Mongraphs (Gold)

Dissertations, postdoctoral thesis‘ and Festschriften are exempt from funding. They can be published free of charge using KLUEDO.

Funding of Journal-Articles:

APC-AmountOA-Fund financial Support
Up to 1.800 €Complete
1.800 € to 2.500 €1.800 €
2.500 € to 2.900 €(APC-Amount)-700 €
Above 2.900 €2.200€

The OA-Fund covers the entirety of APCs of up to 1.800 €. In the case of higher APCs, the author has to cover part of the cost themselves. This personal cost can reach up to 700 € for APCs up to 2.900 €. Publications with an APC more than    2.900 € are funded with a maximum of 2.200 €. Additional costs for accelerated evaluation, overlength, colored visuals or similar additions will not be covered by the publication-fund.

Funding of monographs, contributions to anthologies and compilations:

 Funding amount
MonographMaximum of 2.900 €
AnthologyMaximum of 2.900 €
Contribution to an anthologyMaximum of 750 €

If more than one author/publisher is contributing to a publication, the maximum funding amount is divided equally among all authors/publishers. If this group contains authors/publishers without affiliation to the RPTU, the total funding amount is reduced by their share.

All previously funded publications can be found on KLUEDO under Collection Open Access Publication Fund.