Enable sustained coordination and guidance at the European level on institutional non-profit open access publishing

The main goal of this opportunity is to strengthen and coordinate non-profit open access publishing at the European level. It aims to improve the quality of services provided by institutional non-profit publishers, align them with shared publishing and technical standards, and enhance staff skills. The opportunity also focuses on building networks among publishers, providing access to tools and resources, and ensuring fair distribution of resources across Europe. It supports open science and seeks to integrate these publishing services into national research assessment systems, covering EU Member States and Associated Countries.

• Must be submitted by a consortium with at least three independent legal entities.
• Each entity must be from a different EU Member State or Associated Country.
• At least two entities must be from EU Member States.
• Proposals must follow page limits and layout rules in the application form.
• Applicants must show both financial and operational capacity.
• Consortia can provide grants to third parties, up to EUR 60,000 each.

Example projects:

• A cross-border network of university presses from France, Germany, and Norway collaborates to develop shared open-access publishing standards.
• Three public research libraries from Spain, Italy, and Poland create a joint training program for staff on new publishing technologies.
• A partnership between academic institutions in Belgium, Austria, and Greece coordinates a European platform for quality assessment in open-access publishing.

Personnel costs
Subcontracting
Travel and subsistence
Equipment (depreciation or rental)
Consumables and materials
Dissemination and communication
Access to research infrastructure
IPR and certification
Audit costs
Indirect costs (25% flat rate)
Internally invoiced services

• Maximum per project: Beneficiaries may provide financial support to third parties in the form of grants, with a maximum amount of 60,000€ per third party.
• Maximum project duration: 36 months (3 years)
• Budget for this Call: 2,000,000€
• Number of Grants attributed: 1
• Maximum value per project: 2,000,000€
• Minimum value per project: 2,000,000€

• The application must be submitted by a consortium of at least three independent legal entities.
• Each entity must be established in a different EU Member State or Associated Country.
• At least two of the entities must be from EU Member States.
• Applicants must demonstrate both financial and operational capacity.
• Eligibility is limited to participants from eligible countries as defined in the programme guide.
• Consortium-based applications are required; individual applicants are not eligible.