• Young researchers up to ten years after completing their Master's thesis or a comparable degree are eligible for funding.
• They must be a member of one of the Flensburg universities and be responsible for paying the publication fees as a "submitting" or "corresponding author".
• The article must appear in a purely open access journal whose articles are accessible free of charge immediately after publication. The journal must meet recognized quality assurance standards (such as a listing in the "Directory of Open Access Journals", https://doaj.org).
  The review by the authors should already have taken place at the website Think-Check-Submit (http://thinkchecksubmit.org).
• Hybrid funding according to the "Open Choice" model is not eligible for funding, i.e. the "buy-out" of individual articles from journals that would otherwise be subject to subscription is not supported.
• Funding is only provided if other funds (e.g. DFG publication grants) are not claimed, especially if published results from externally funded projects are involved.
• An application for cost coverage can only be made if the article has been submitted to a journal.
  This form must be completed and sent in electronic form to the following e-mail addresses:
  • Members of the Europa-Universität Flensburg: Central Committee for Research and Knowledge Transfer: forschungsausschuss-PleaseRemoveIncludingDashes-@uni-flensburg.de as well as Open Access Officer: oa@zhb-flensburg.de Members of the Flensburg University of Applied Sciences:
    Presidential Officer for Technology and Knowledge Transfer: transfer-PleaseRemoveIncludingDashes-@hs-flensburg.de as well as
    Open Access Officer: oa-PleaseRemoveIncludingDashes-@zhb-flensburg.de
• A reference to the funding must be included in the funded publication, such as: "We acknowledge financial support by Land Schleswig-Holstein within the funding programme Open Access-Publikationsfonds."
• Individual funding is limited to amaximum of €2000 (incl. taxes) per article.
• The invoice must be submitted within one month of receipt.
• Original dissertationswill not be funded.

1. The authors submit their article to an open access journal. The decision for a specific journal is up to the authors. The Open Access Officer will be happy to help with the search if requested. If the article is accepted, the authors will be notified of the publication fees.
2. The authors submit an application to the Open Access Officer. He/she checks the seriousness of the selected OA journal as well as compliance with the eligibility criteria of the publication fund and whether the necessary sum is available. He/she informs the authors that, if available, the requested funds have been reserved. The funds are reserved for up to six months from the date of confirmation by the Open Access Officer. During this time, authors must seek a review acceptance decision.
3. If the article is accepted for review within the six months, the funds are firmly reserved for the authors until the article is published.
   Members of the Europa-Universität Flensburg: Send your digital application including article and all attachments to the Central Committee for Research and Knowledge Transfer: forschungsausschuss-PleaseRemoveIncludingDashes-@uni-flensburg.de as well as
           Open Access Officer: oa-PleaseRemoveIncludingDashes-@zhb-flensburg.de
   Members of the Flensburg University of Applied Sciences: Presidential Officer for Technology and Knowledge Transfer: transfer-PleaseRemoveIncludingDashes-@hs-flensburg.de as well as
           Open Access Officer: oa-PleaseRemoveIncludingDashes-@zhb-flensburg.de
4. The committees decide whether the article should be supported by the fund.
   At the Europa-Universität Flensburg, this is the Central Committee for Research and Knowledge Transfer. The Central Committee for Research and Knowledge Transfer decides on applications that have usually been submitted up to fourteen days before the start of the meeting.
   At Flensburg University of Applied Sciences, the Presidential Officer for Technology and Knowledge Transfer.
   The Open Access Officer does not decide on funding.
5. If the university committees approve and the article is accepted, the authors will be sent an invoice after publication of the article. The original of this invoice must be sent to the Open Access Officer. This invoice must contain the following information:

• Invoice addressee (submitting / corresponding author at his/her official address).
• Invoicing party (= publisher)
• Subject of the invoice (=exact title of the article)
• Publication organ
• Date of invoicing
• Invoice or order number
• For invoices from abroad (including EU countries): Net invoice stating the VAT identification number of the university and the VAT number of the publisher.
• If authors have made personal payments in advance, proof of payment must be submitted (e.g. credit card/booking receipt). In the case of invoices from abroad, a VAT of 19% must be paid by the respective university.

• At the EUF: The Chairperson of the Central Committee for Research and Knowledge Transfer.
• At the FUAS: the Presidential Officer for Technology and Knowledge Transfer.
• The Open Access Officer of the EUF and FUAS.

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