Brock University Award for Open Access

Purpose

This new award recognizes members of the Brock community who are champions of open access, demonstrating strong commitment to expanding the reach of Brock research by freely sharing their scholarship with audiences around the globe. Focused on the concept of knowledge as a public good, open access benefits both individual researchers and their institutions by promoting higher citation counts, increased community impact and enhanced opportunities for collaboration and innovation.

Winners

Award

A grant of $2,500, which may be used:

  • to pay article-processing charges for an open access journal OR
  • as a donation to a non-profit open scholarship platform

The winner will be announced during International Open Access Week, Oct. 23-27, 2017.

Nominations

Anyone affiliated with Brock University as an employee or student may be nominated; self-nominations are welcome.

Eligilibity

Brock University faculty, librarians, staff and students

Nominations should address one or more of the following qualifications:

  • Demonstrated record of publishing in open access journals (Eligible journals will be listed in the Directory of Open Access Journals )
  • Demonstrated record of sharing research via “green” open access repositories or preprint servers
  • Demonstrated record of sharing research via open lab notebooks, scholarly blogging platforms or other public knowledge-sharing outlets (content must be free to read without requiring a user account)
  • Demonstrated record of conducting research into open access topics e.g. open publishing practices, open access citation advantage
  • Serving on the editorial/advisory boards of open access publications or platforms
  • Participating in projects or teams advancing and/or advocating for open access to scholarship

Deadline

Nomination applications must be submitted by Oct. 13, 2017 at 12 pm.

Adjudication

A selection committee including members from Brock’s Advisory Committee on Scholarly Publishing will review nominations and select a recipient.

  • Nomination form for Brock University Award for Open Access

    Deadline: Oct. 13, 12 pm. Questions? Contact Elizabeth Yates, Liaison/Scholarly Communication Librarian at eyates@brocku.ca

  • Nomination statement and supporting documentation

  • The theme of Open Access Week 2017 is “Open in order to…” Please submit a nomination statement explaining how you/the nominee are qualified for the award, focusing on how you practice open access “in order to …”.

    Please provide detailed examples and links to relevant published works, projects, etc.

    Word limit: 500

    Additional letters of support and/or supplemental materials are welcomed.

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