Funds for Open Science and Publications

The Cluster wants to establish the best conditions for research projects of entire teams as well as for individual researchers. Therefore, expenses for open science, publications and language editing can be financed when they relate and contribute to the research agenda of the Cluster.

What is funded?
The fund for Open Science and Publications is an allowance to cover the cost for proof-reading and language editing services for publications in international, high-ranked journals or university presses.

Researchers can make use of personal contacts to professional language editors (in this case, the pricing needs to be checked with the Managing Office before the work order is awarded). Alternatively, the Management Office provides a list of “pre-approved” language editors/translators who can be hired. Proof-reading costs for articles are generally covered in full; proof-reading costs for book manuscripts are covered until an upper limit of 2,000 euros per book (exceptions to this rule need to be separately approved by the Executive Board). In all cases, the applying researcher needs to demonstrate that these costs cannot be covered by other means, in particular project budgets.

Open access publication are funded in exceptional cases, but only to the extent that costs are not covered by the general university fund on open access.

Who can apply?
All Members and Affiliated Members of the Cluster “The Politics of Inequality” are eligible for funding.

How to apply
To apply, please submit the following documents:

  • Application form
  • Supporting documents (submission notes, acceptance letters, quotes for services etc. if available)

Applications are accepted at any time throughout the year. The Executive Board will assess all applications and make a selection decision on a rolling basis.

Additional information

The Managing Office helps with any questions: application.inequality@uni-konstanz.de

Funds for Open Science and Publications

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The University of Konstanz is one of eleven Universities of Excellence in Germany. Since 2007 it has been successful in the German Excellence Initiative and its follow-up programme, the Excellence Strategy. The Cluster “The Politics of Inequality” includes researchers from political science, sociology, economics, linguistics, psychology, law, and education studies. They study how people perceive these inequalities, how they lead to collective mobilization, and how political actors respond to them.

This Call is funded by the German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft - DFG) under the Excellence Strategy of the German federal and state governments – EXC-2035/1 – 390681379 - and is in accordance with the Bylaws for the Cluster of Excellence “The Politics of Inequality: Perceptions, Participation and Policies” of the University of Konstanz.

For more information on the Cluster, please visit: http://inequality.uni.kn.