Monographs Publication Fund

Since 01.01.2024, a fund for the financial support of open access books has also been available at the RUB. Until the annual fund budget is exhausted, the following funding requirements apply:

Scope of funding

• RUB members are eligible to apply as authors or editors of open access books.
• First publications of open access monographs and edited volumes are eligible for funding.
• Funding is limited to one book publication per person per year.
• The upper cost limit for funding is 4,500 € (gross).
• Dissertations published in a publishing house are also eligible for funding. Funding is limited to one dissertation per faculty and can be applied for on the recommendation of the reviewers.
• Only costs for a direct open access publication will be covered (no printing cost subsidies). The selected publisher should submit a cost calculation that is as transparent as possible, including the open access services.
• Authors who publish results from third-party funded projects are obliged to check whether the publication costs can be paid from third-party funds provided for this purpose (e.g. ERC) and to exhaust these funds.
• A funding commitment is initially valid for a period of presumably 12 months (at least for the year 2024).

Funded publication

• There must be a professionally recognized quality assurance procedure (e.g. peer review, series editors, review process, scientific editing, etc.). Listing in the DOAB is an advantage.
• An open access-compliant license is used, CC BY or CC BY-SA is recommended. You can find more information here.
• The publication is given a persistent identifier (DOI or URN).
• The information on the license used and the persistent identifier are listed in the imprint of the online and print edition, as well as a reference to funding by the RUB Publication Fund.
• Long-term archiving of the publication must be guaranteed, usually via the German National Library.
• Orientation towards the quality standards for open access books of the AG Universitätsverlage is recommended.
• The publication will be made available on the RUB-Repository.

Application information

To apply, please send the following information to oa@rub.de

Details of the applicant

• Surname
• First name
• E-mail (RUB address only)
• Organizational unit (for clinics, please also indicate the specialist clinic/chief physician)

Details of the publication

• (Working) title of the planned publication
• Publisher
• Planned CC license
• Third-party funding (funder name, project number)
• Is there already a contract for the planned publication or has it already been signed?
• Planned publication date

Information on invoicing

If approved, the invoice should be addressed to:

                            Universitätsbibliothek Bochum
                            Zeitschriftenteam, UB 5/8
                            D44780 Bochum
                            (email: oa@rub.de)

Please note that for invoices from other European countries, the VAT number of Ruhr-Universität Bochum (DE 127056261) and the UID of the publisher must be shown on the invoice.