Grants for the publication and publication of digital open access research journals of the UPC

I. Call Characteristics

• Objective:
  • Enhance the research publications of the university in open access
  • Support UPC research units and groups in editing research journals in digital format and open access.
  • Contribute to the improvement of the quality of journals edited by the UPC.
  • Support their visibility and internationalization to improve their impact.
  • Promote projects for creating new 

• Applicants: 

  • Beneficiaries of this grant may be the centers, departments, university research institutes, and research groups of the UPC that edit a research journal in digital format and open access on the Internet or that plan to edit one, individually or in co-edition with other organizations, companies, or institutions.

• Modalities:
  • Journals already edited by the UPC.
  • Projects for creating new journals.

• Amount:
  
  • The maximum amount allocated to this call will be €17,000.00, charged to budget item G/22665/GEN. 
  • The maximum amount granted to each journal will be €2,000.00. 
  • The granted amount will be exclusively for the editing of journals in digital format (design, correction, translation, layout, image editing, etc.). 
  • Projects aimed at publishing proceedings of congresses held or participated in by the UPC are excluded from this call. Congress organization usually has its own grants. 

II. Applications

• Who: the responsible researcher.
  
• When: until 04/30/2024.
• What: the content of the form is as defined in Annex 1.
• How: through the following Form

Download the call guidelines approved in Agreement CG/2024/1/22. 

For any questions, contact Info.biblioteques@upc.edu