These grants are intended to contribute towards page costs of articles in journals accredited by the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET), or to provide a contribution to the publishing of a book that may earn DHET subsidy.

Articles

• to contribute towards page costs of articles in journals accredited by the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET), please ensure that you adhere to the Publication Count guidelines for the subsidisation of journal articles by DHET.
• Click here for the list of DHET-accredited journals.
• applications may only be made once the article has been accepted for publication.
• a copy of the invoice is required.

Books

• to provide a contribution to the publishing of a book that may earn DHET subsidy. please ensure that you adhere to the publication count guidelines, for the subsidisation of books, found here.

Required information and documentation for books:

• a motivation from the chairperson of the faculty research committee indicating that the book meets the DHET criteria for earning subsidy
• a description of the book in English (maximum of page length)
• a statement from the publisher describing the peer-review process for this book: this is a key requirement to have the book considered for subsidy from DHET
• the contents page of the book and contributor's page showing your affiliation to UCT
• a copy of the invoice.

Eligibility

All UCT staff and postgraduate students.
Project supervisors are to apply on behalf of their students where the student is the corresponding author.

Terms & Conditions

• Please note that it is the responsibility of the author to settle costs with the publisher, as awards are transferred directly into research funds.
• Claims must be submitted within six months of the invoice date
• Applicants should negotiate with the publisher on possible discounts for authors from developing countries, if applicable, before they submit to the page costs application to the Research Office.

Deadline

• Ad-hoc basis.
• Year end cut-off is 30 November to meet the year-end financial deadline.

Submission process

Researchers must apply to this grant via the UCT’s Research Portal on the electronic Research Administration (eRA) system - http://eraonline.uct.ac.za.   

For assistance through the online process please download the one-page user guide here. Or watch the training video here.

Applications are processed on an ad-hoc basis. Please contact the Research Office for latest deadlines.

Contact

Email researchfunding@uct.ac.za for more information.

The UCT URC Open Access Journal Publication Fund (OAJPF) has been established to support UCT researchers with the publication of their research output in open access journals. The Fund is intended to contribute to Article Processing Charges (APCs) for submissions accepted for publication in open access journals or in hybrid journals that have an open access option.

Open access scholarly publishing will enhance the strength, visibility, accessibility and discoverability of UCT's scholarly output. UCT supports open access scholarly publishing as it offers the potential for democratic access to research knowledge, opening up scholarly content to a much wider range of readers and stakeholders in both the public and private sectors.

Criteria

• Applications may only be made once the article has been accepted for publication.
• Applicants who are beneficiaries of financial support for the publication of research, DO NOT qualify for funding.
• The journal to be published in, must be on the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) list of accredited journals, and the article must adhere to the Publication Count guidelines (i.e. be original articles, research letters, research papers and review articles).
• UCT authors should represent a minimum of 25 percent of the total number of authors of the article.

Terms & Conditions

• The Fund will pay up to a maximum of R20 000.00 per article. However, the URC  OAJPF fund is limited and there is no guarantee that every application will be successful.
• It is the responsibility of the author/applicant to settle the costs with the publisher, as the OAJPF contribution will be transferred directly into the Faculty research fund on receipt of invoice.
• Claims/applications must be submitted within six months of the invoice date.
• Project supervisors are to apply on behalf of their students where the student is the corresponding author.
• A copy of the publisher version of the article must be submitted to the institutional repository: OpenUCT

Deadline

• Ad-hoc basis.
• Year end cut-off is 30 November to meet the year-end financial deadline.

Submission process

Researchers must apply to this grant via the UCT’s Research Portal on the electronic Research Administration (eRA) system - eraonline.uct.ac.za 

For assistance through the online process please download the one-page user guide here. Or watch the training video here.

For more information contact Research Support Services

BioMed Central Institutional Membership

The University of Cape Town is part of Springer Nature’s membership program for journals in the BMC open access portfolios. UCT actively supports open access by an agreement of discounted article processing charges (APCs) for our affiliated authors.

Once an article has been editorially accepted, the corresponding author receives an email invitation to complete the publication process for their article. At this stage, the corresponding author will be able to identify themselves as being affiliated with the University of Cape Town. When an author’s eligibility is confirmed, the 50% discount is applied and the article is published open access.

The workflow for authors is available here.

Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute - MDPI

UCT has  joined MDPI's Institutional Open Access Program (IOAP), which means authors are eligible for a 10% discount on APCs once your paper is accepted for publication

APC Discounts

“Authors affiliated with participating universities receive a 10% discount on the APCs for any paper published in an MDPI journal. Note that only one discount through an IOAP scheme is permitted per paper, and the discount cannot be combined with other available discounts (e.g., discount vouchers, or society membership discounts).”