The Texas Tech University Libraries invite applications for the Open Access Week Awards.

Timeline

• Applications Open August 25
• Application Deadline October 1
• Awards Announced During International Open Access Week

About the Awards

Texas Tech University Libraries would like to recognize faculty and graduate students who have made or are making strides in making their work openly accessible. By doing so, faculty and graduate students bear the banner of Texas Tech University and increase their impact as researchers and educators. Open access is the free, immediate availability of research articles online, coupled with the rights to use these articles fully in the digital environment (SPARC). Open access can also apply to textbooks, educational materials, data, source code, exhibitions, digital humanities projects and other research artifacts. Open works can foster innovation, develop industry, advance scientific knowledge, increase citations and even support student retention.

This award is NOT to cover publisher fees. For open access grant funding to cover publishing fees please visit the Open Access Publication Initiative page.

Purpose of the Program

The purpose of the Open Access Award is to recognize faculty and graduate students who have made their research and creative activity open or used open materials in their courses. It is intended to assist faculty and graduate students when demonstrating the impact of their work.

Faculty Awards

Open Access Intellectual Contributions Award 
This category recognizes faculty that take the initiative to make their work open through institutional and disciplinary repositories, open licensing such as Creative Commons, or publishing agreements. 

Examples could include but are not limited to:

• Scholarly articles published in open access journals
• Approved versions of scholarly articles uploaded to ThinkTech
• Slide decks or presentation recordings posted with open licenses
• Digital exhibitions and collections posted with open licenses 
• Recordings of performances released via open licenses

Open Data Award 
This category recognizes faculty that strive to make their data adhere to FAIR data principles by rendering their data findable, accessible, interoperable, and usable. 

Advocacy for Open Access Award 
This category recognizes efforts to advocate for open access in all forms and platforms. This can include editorial leadership, supporting and promoting open access efforts of colleagues and students, and championing open access efforts within your professional and community realms.

Graduate Student Award

Open Access Graduate Student Award 
This award recognizes efforts by graduate students to participate in open access efforts through their research, creative activities, and/or teaching. This may include but is not limited to publications, digital exhibitions, collections, presentations, performances, and course instructional materials released via open licenses. 

 

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