The document discusses the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), which is Germany's main funding organization for scientific research. It outlines the structure and roles of the DFG's various bodies, including the Senate, Executive Committee, Joint Committee, and Review Boards. It also describes several of the DFG's existing funding programs that support open access publishing, such as project-related publication expenses, publication grants, and Open Access Publication Funds. Finally, it calls for proposals for a new open access monographs program to clarify costs, business models, and requirements around quality, licensing, usage statistics, and long-term availability.

1. Open Access Monographs
OAPEN and JISC collections conference, 1 and 2 July 2013, London

2. How is the DFG structured?
Senate
 addresses research strategy and policy
issues
 provides policy advice
 coordinates domestic and foreign
cooperation
 determines structure of review boards
Executive Committee
 responsible for managing day-to-day
business
Joint Committee
 decides on research funding
 plans research policies and
programmes based on Senate decisions
 draws up the annual budget
Executive Board
as per § 26 BGB
President Secretary General
Head Office
 handles day-to-day business
Reviewers
 assess funding proposals
All eligible scientists and academics
Review Boards
assess the DFG’s review process
General Assembly
elect,
select,
appoint
cooperate
 approves annual report and account  approbates the Executive Committee establishes directives
ensure
quality

3. General Open Access Policy
• Focus on journal funding
• 12 month embargo
• Rights to be retained by authors
• Recommendation to all grantees to (also) make research
results available in Open Access since 2006
DFG / Dr. Angela Holzer
01.07.20133

4. Project-related publication expenses
• Cover the cost of publishing research results from DFG
funded projects
• 750 EUR per year
• Up to 5000 EUR for „book format with high production
costs“
• „Publication in any form“ (except grey literature)
 Also possible to fund OA-publications
DFG / Dr. Angela Holzer
01.07.20134

5. Publication grants
• For print or electronic/digital publications
• Defray the technical production costs
• Basic material
• Exceptional scientific importance
• Results from long-term projects, editions, catalogues,
excavation reports (to be asked for already in first
proposal, but granted after project end)
DFG / Dr. Angela Holzer
01.07.20135

6. Open Access Publication Funds
• Programme providing 75% of an
institutional publication fund
• Currently 25 universities receive funds
• Four rounds of application since 2010
• No hybrid/open choice journals
• Cap at 2000 EUR for APC
 Not possible for institutions to cover fees
for open access „books“
DFG / Dr. Angela Holzer
01.07.20136
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7. Call for open access monographs
• Clarification of costs for services needed
• Focus on business models and workflows
• Conditions for project implementation
• Requirements for results (e.g. quality assurance,
CC-licence, usage statistics standards, indexing
and metadata, long-term availability)
• Open documentation of processes and costs/prices
• Marketing and community engagement
DFG / Dr. Angela Holzer
01.07.20137