In 2025, the Library supported Open Access publishing and open scholarly infrastructure through the Erasmus Open Access Fund. Read what we funded across the Book Fund, Diamond Open Access Fund and Infrastructure Fund, and how to apply in 2026.
Open Access is a key part of the Library’s commitment to making research outputs freely and openly available, without barriers for readers. Through the Erasmus Open Access Fund, the Library supports Open Access in three complementary ways: enabling Open Access books, strengthening Diamond Open Access (free to read and free to publish), and sustaining the infrastructures that make open and fair scholarly communication possible. In 2025, the Library supported the following initiatives and publications through its three Open Access funds.
Erasmus Open Access Book Fund
In 2025, the Library supported nine Open Access books for a total of 57.000 euro. Here is the list of supported titles:
- Engaging with World War II through Digital Gaming.*
- Legal Mobilization. Assessing the Potential and Limits of Law-based Civic Advocacy.
- Visions of Vietnameseness: Identity and Belonging in a Global Diaspora.*
- Cultural Funding and Financing. A Guide to New and Traditional Models in Arts and Culture.
- Realizing the Values of Culture: The Value-based Approach.
- Digital Exhaustion: Burnout, Fatigue and Overload in the Age of Constant Connectivity.
- Amphibious Screens: Film and TV Between Land and Sea.*
- State and Civil Society Relations in Local Immigrant Policymaking: Collaboration, Power and Conflict.*
- The Climate, Migration and Health Nexus. Opportunities for Interregional Cooperation.
*Whenever the link is not provided, it means that the book has not been published yet.
Erasmus Diamond Open Access Fund
Diamond Open Access makes content available immediately and permanently without charging authors or readers, and often needs institutional support to remain sustainable. In 2025, the University Library supported four initiatives for a total of 20.000 euro. Here is the list of supported Diamond Open Access journals
- Erasmus Journal for Philosophy and Economics (EJPE).
- Journal for the History of Knowledge (JHoK).
- Journal of Economics, Theology and Religion (JETR).
- Peer Community In (PCI).
Open Access Infrastructure Fund
Open Access infrastructures are community-driven tools, platforms and services that enable free, open and fair publishing. In 2025, the University Library supported eight infrastructures for a total of 15,500 euro. These are the supported infrastructures:
- PsyaRxiv.
- CrimRxiv.
- OpenJournals.nl.
- Open Book Publishers.
- Thoth Open Metadata.
- Public Knowledge Project (PKP).
- Open Library of Humanities.
- SciPost.
Apply in 2026
EUR researchers can apply for support from the Erasmus Open Access Fund in 2026 via the three funds: the Erasmus Open Access Book Fund, the Erasmus Diamond Open Access Fund, and the Open Access Infrastructure Fund. Information about eligibility and conditions is available on the Erasmus University Library website.
- More information
Questions about eligibility, timing, or the best route for your publication or initiative? Contact the Erasmus Library Open Access Team at openaccess@eur-nl.libanswers.com.
