University of Vermont authors can make their research articles freely available by:

• Depositing a copy of the peer-reviewed article in an open access repository (free), or
• Publishing an open access article on the publisher's website (may involve a fee, support may be available)

Deposit in UVM ScholarWorks

If you published in a subscription journal, you may be able to deposit your author accepted manuscript (AAM) in UVM ScholarWorks. How can you find out what is permitted?

• You can check the Open Policy Finder - search by journal title and identify a suitable no-fee deposit option. A few journals will allow authors to deposit the published version of the article, but most require deposit of the AAM. Once you have determined which version you can deposit, go ahead and fill out the deposit form in UVM ScholarWorks, OR
• You can ask the Scholarly Communications Librarian to determine whether there is a no-fee option for the journal in question, OR
• You can simply deposit your Author Accepted Manuscript in UVM ScholarWorks and let the ScholarWorks administrator determine whether the deposit is allowed, and what the embargo requirements are, if any. 

Deposit in Your Grant Funder's Repository

Grant funders may require recipients to deposit work in specific OA repositories. Public Access Plans & Guidance links to guidance from U.S. Federal Agencies. Other sources of grant funding also have public access policies. You can find these policies by searching by Funder in Open Policy Finder.

Some open access journals charge no publication fees, so the VOR of your article can be freely available immediately after acceptance on the publisher's website.

The UVM Press hosts two examples of such journals: Journal of Ecological Engineering Design and Journal of Black Military Studies (forthcoming).

Many subscription and open access journals charge a fee (such as an APC) to make your article's Version of Record (VOR) freely available. 

Resources that may help you pay these fees:

• UVM OA Publishing Subsidies UVM Libraries participates in few initiatives, agreements and partnerships that can offer you OA publishing subsidies.
• Association memberships Associations or Societies that publish journals may offer a discount for their members
• Grant funding APCs can be built into a grant budget. In fact, many funders require grant-funded research articles to be published or shared via open access.