**We are not presently accepting applications for this fund**
Goals
The goals of the fund are to:
- Support the creation of sustainable open access digital collections of unique research materials created by Tufts faculty.
- Aid Tufts faculty who want to make research collections available for open scholarship but who do not have other sources of funding to cover the cost.
- Raise visibility of the digital preservation and access environment available to Tufts faculty.
The fund is intended to support digitization, metadata creation, and preparation of access surrogates. This fund is intended to support small-scale digitization projects, and has only limited funding available. Faculty with large collections should contact the DCA for a consultation to determine alternative funding options.
Eligibility and funding guidelines
Each school has its own eligibility guidelines.
- Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine
- Eligibility: Voting faculty.
- Approval: Dr. Sawkat Anwer must approve application.
- The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy
- Eligibility: Full faculty members (half-time or more with a multiyear contract).
- Approval: Submit application directly to SCT; Jeff Kosokoff (Director of Ginn Library & Information Technology) will verify applicant’s faculty status.
- Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy
- Eligibility: Faculty with primary appointment at Friedman, Center staff within the Friedman School (John Hancock Center, Feinstein Center, etc.).
- Approval: Patrick Webb must approve application.
- School of Arts and Sciences and Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
- Eligibility: Tenured and tenure-track faculty only (titles are professor, associate professor, assistant professor, or instructor).
- Approval: Department Chair must approve application.
- School of Dental Medicine
- Eligibility: All faculty, full- and part-time.
- Approval: Dr. Gerard Kugel must approve application.
- School of Engineering
- Eligibility: Tenured and tenure-track faculty, Professors of the Practice, and Research Professors.
- Approval: Submit application directly to SCT; Laura Walters (Associate Director Research and Teaching, Tisch Library) will verify applicant’s faculty status.
- School of Medicine
- Eligibility: Full-time, employed basic science tenured, tenure-track, or research faculty, and full-time University employed Public Health and Community Medicine faculty (including research faculty).
- Approval: Department Chair must approve application.
Preference will be given to applicants who do not have access to alternative sources of funding for this type of project.
Applicants are limited to one award per calendar year from either the Provost’s Open Access Publishing Fund or the Provost’s Open Access Digitization Fund.
Eligible Collections
Eligible collections must meet the following criteria:
- Materials must be the intellectual property of the applicant.
- The applicant must be willing to grant Tufts University an in-perpetuity license to make the materials available on the web, via the Tufts Digital Library.
- Materials must be eligible for open access without concern for confidentiality or privacy, particularly with regard to personally identifiable information.
- By the end of FY2013, materials must be deposited in the Tufts Digital Library and all funds must be spent.
- Collections must be of a size and scope that is appropriate for the level of funding available.
In order to ascertain if collections meet this criteria, applicants should schedule a consultation with Digital Collections and Archives staff prior to applying for funding. The consultation report from DCA must be included with the application.
Funding process
If you have questions about any details of the process, contact the Scholarly Communication Team.
- Your application materials are due by February 7, 2013. You must use the OA Digitization Fund Application and email an electronic copy to the Scholarly Communication Team at libsct@elist.tufts.edu.
- Applications submitted farther in advance of the deadline are more likely to receive preliminary review, allowing for questions or issues to be resolved prior to the approval process.
- Applications will be reviewed by the Scholarly Communication Team and the University Committee on Teaching and Faculty Development.
Application Timeline (for last round)
December 1, 2012: Applications open.
February 7, 2013: Applications due.
February/March 2013: Notification of grants awarded.
Regular Review
All aspects of this program, including the amount of funding committed to the program, will be analyzed and reviewed on a regular basis. Note that the details of procedures and criteria may change.
Acknowledgments
Funding for this program was provided by the Provost.