Publication Fund

Since 2018, the Publication Fund has been supporting researchers from the University of Geneva by covering part of the costs of publication (APC) in Gold Open Access journals, as well as costs related to books and book chapters (BPC) meeting the same principles. This Fund is managed and coordinated by the Division de l'information scientifique (DIS).

The Fund may only be solicited for APC or BPC not covered by other funders, and for publications in fully open access journals or books, thus excluding hybrid journals or books.

Eligibility of applications (updated on 09/01/2025)

Applications for publication funding support must meet the following criteria:

1. The corresponding author of the publication is a staff member of the University of Geneva whose affiliation is active and listed in the publication. In case of multiple corresponding authors, only the first one mentioned is taken into account.
2. Full, Associate, Adjunct, Visiting and Emeritus professors, as well as current privat-docent and external persons, are not eligible for support.
3. The overall amount of publication fees (APC) must not exceed CHF 2'500.- excluding VAT for an article or a book chapter and CHF 8'000.- excluding VAT for a book.
4. Publication costs cannot not be covered by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) or any other funder.
5. The publisher of the journal or book guarantees immediate and free electronic access to the publication.
6. Eligible article or book is published under a Creative Commons license.
7. The article or the book chapter must not be published in a hybrid journal/book.
8. For an article, the journal has a peer-review or editorial review committee and must be listed in the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), or be eligible to be listed.

Funding application

Applications for publication support must be submitted through the online form as soon as the manuscript has been accepted by the publisher. The DIS announces its decision as soon as possible based on the availability of funds.

Amount covered

For requests that meet the above eligibility criteria, the full amount of the invoice will be covered until the resources are exhausted.

Expenditure overview

The table below summarizes expenditure by the Publication Fund since its inception, with the number of publications supported (articles, chapters and books combined).

* Swissuniversities National OA Fund project has made it possible to supplement the UNIGE allocation between 2022 and 2024.