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I’ve worked on a couple NSF grants and I believe this cost could be covered by the grant. Whether the granting institution is okay with this I don’t know but if
by epberry 5y ago
I’ve worked on a couple NSF grants and I believe this cost could be covered by the grant. Whether the granting institution is okay with this I don’t know but if I had to guess they probably see an $11K spend to distribute the results of the research in a (the?) prestigious journal as reasonable.
To me $11K seems pretty steep. But I might go for $5K to put Nature’s stamp on my work and have it open access.
- javajosh 5y agoIf the deciding factor for publication becomes money rather than quality, I wonder how long Nature's prestige will endure?
- orforforof 5y agoAgree. Academics are now going to write an extra $11k into their grants (=$15k if you count uni indirect costs), with the justification "I plan to produce Nature quality results". If your article doesn't get accepted by Nature, all the better there's now an extra $9k in your budget to play with. Let's just keep in mind, these grants are funded by taxpayers.
- Fomite 5y agoI always build one open access publication into my grant budgets - but $11K is way above what's normal.