Open Access monograph competition 2024-25
Authors can enter if they will soon be publishing a monograph, or if they published one on or after 1 October 2023.
About the competition
Unfunded monograph authors from any University faculty can enter the Library鈥檚 Open Access (OA) monograph competition 2024/25, as long as they will soon be publishing a monograph or published one on or after 1 October 2023.
Winners will receive funding from the Library to make their monographs OA. The Library will arrange this directly with the winners鈥� publishers.
How to enter
To enter, please provide a short response to the following questions:
- What is the expected reach of your monograph?
- What are the benefits of your book being OA for your intended audience, and The University of Manchester?
- How does your monograph contribute to research in your field?
- Given limited resources, are there any other reasons to fund OA for your monograph that we should take into account?
Please submit your answers through this by Friday, 31 January 2025.
We would particularly welcome entries from authors publishing with fully open access book publishers.
After the closing date, entries will be judged by a representative panel led by Professor James Evans, Associate Dean for Research in Humanities. Go to for details of the winners from last year鈥檚 competition.
The Library鈥檚 Open Access Team will contact successful applicants in early April 2025.
If you have a question about the competition, please contact libraryresearch@manchester.ac.uk