From Vision to Structure: Creating a Sustainable Funding Scheme for Diamond Open Access Through Institutional Collaboration in Switzerland
Abstract
This poster was presented during the CRAFT-OA Conference “Crafting the Future of Diamond Open Access: Technical, Social & Political Perspectives of Scholarly Publishing” (6-8 October 2025) in Göttingen. The poster presents an overview of the CoDOA project, its objectives and community focus. As a collaborative and community-driven initiative of 12 Swiss institutions, CoDOA seeks to establish a national Diamond Open Access consortium to enable a long-term and sustainable consortial funding scheme for high-quality scholar-led and non-profit Diamond Open Access journals in which researchers at Swiss research institutions publish.
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Creating a Sustainable Funding Scheme for Diamond OA through Institutional Collaboration in Switzerland Partner Institutions Co-Funded by This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Project Duration: July 2025‒July 2026 Work Package Governance Work Package Evaluation and Quality Criteria Work Package Communication Work Package Financial Flows Define transparent governance structure and decision-making processes of future Consortium Develop a sustainable funding mechanism and a model of how funds will be allocated and distributed Define eligibility criteria and evaluation procedure that underpin funding decisions Engage stakeholders and organise outreach, particularly to researchers Context Sustainability as Key Concern Policy The Revised National Open Access Strategy set the goal to develop a robust and financially viable framework for scaling up current Diamond OA publishing capacities in order to reduce the dependency of scholarly publishing on for-profit publishers as well as to avoid lock-in effects and long-term price spirals. Resource: Swiss National Open Access Strategy. Revised in 2024. Publishing Practice Diamond OA journals are financed through institutional inkind contributions or subsidies, grants, membership fees (e.g. of scholarly societies), crowdfunding among others. However, sustainable funding is one of the key challenges for Diamond OA journals and, as such, an obstacle to advancing Diamond OA. Resource: PLATO Study on Scholar-Publishing (2023), https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7461728 Author: Daniela Hahn Consortium of Swiss Academic Libraries (Lead Institution) Contact: [email protected] Focus: Community Involvement Inclusive Stakeholder Management through Thematic Working Groups Broad Support Framework and Participation by Swiss Academic Libraries Sounding Board with National and International Stakeholders and DOA Experts Participation of Researchers in Shaping Outreach Strategies Open Consultation with Editors of Diamond OA Journals