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Open Access monograph competition 2023/24

06 Nov 2023

Authors can enter if they will soon be publishing a monograph, or if they published one on or after 1 October 2022

About the competition  

Unfunded monograph authors from any University faculty can enter the Library’s Open Access (OA) monograph competition 2023/24, as long as they will soon be publishing a monograph or published one on or after 1 October 2022 – this includes eligible entries from last year’s competition.  

Winners will receive funding from the Library to make their monographs OA. The Library will arrange this directly with the winners’ publishers.  

How to enter  

To enter, authors should submit a paragraph of no more than 300 words explaining why their research will benefit from OA publication to uml.openaccess@manchester.ac.uk by Friday, 26 January 2024. Authors should include details of their publisher and their proposed or actual date of publication.  

We would particularly welcome entries from authors publishing with fully open access book publishers.  

After the closing date, entries will be judged by a representative panel led by Neil Humphrey, Associate Dean for Research in Humanities. Whilst the overall number of winning entries is subject to publisher pricing, at least one entry will be chosen from each School.

The Library’s Research Services Team will contact successful applicants in early April 2024. Winners’ publishers will need to submit their OA fee invoice to the Library on or before 29 July 2024. The Research Services Team will then arrange OA with the winners’ publishers directly.