On the 24th of June, we could finally close our crowdfunding campaign and do the accounts: thanks to the amazing generosity of 157 donors, individuals and organisations from all parts of the world, we could manage to collect more than 73 000 euros in total, which will give us the possibility to support financially around 45 journals. This is way beyond our initial target and expectation which was 16 500 euros to support 10 journals!
How was it managed? First we opened a campaign on the crowdfunding platform Wemakeit where we collected more than 20 000 euros from 118 donors, mostly individuals. Then, we were contacted by Sven Fund from Knowledge Unlatched/Wiley who proposed to help collecting funding from the publishers and libraries community. All in all, KU collected 36 000 euros more from 38 donors. Finally, we received the wonderful news that the French Ministry of Higher Education and Research decided to give 16 500 euros more through its Open Science National Fund to support 10 more open access journals in Ukraine !
In the name of the SUES and SESU committees, we would like to express our gratitude to the 157 donors, individuals and organisations who made this possible. And to all those who gave their best to share the information and encourage others to participate. You will find below the list of organisations who participated. The list of individual donors can be found on Wemakeit platform. Some chose not to disclose their identity. Thank you to them as well.
List of donors (organisations):
- Academic Studies Press
- Amherst College Press
- Association of European University Presses
- Berner Fachhochschule Department Wirtschaft
- C.H. Beck
- Carnegie Mellon University
- CNRS – Direction des données ouvertes de la recherche
- Collège de France
- Davidson College
- Dickinson College
- Duke University Press
- éditions érès
- Emerald Group Publishing
- Florida State University Libraries
- FMSH – Fondation Maison des Sciences de l’Homme
- Georgia Institute of Technology
- Glasgow Caledonian University
- Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Universität Hannover/TIB Hannover (University of Hannover)
- Institute of Literary Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences – Instytut Badań Literackich PAN
- King’s College London
- Knowledge Unlatched
- La Trobe University
- Lexis
- Munipress
- National Fund for Open Science (France)
- OAPEN Library & DOAB
- Oberlin College
- OPERAS AISBL
- Revue d’histoire diplomatique
- Rice University
- Sheffield Hallam University
- Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin (Berlin State Library)
- SUNY Press
- The British Library
- Universitätsbibliothek Bern (University of Berne)
- Université de Bordeaux Montaigne
- University of Bath
- University of Birmingham
- University of Bristol
- University of Edinburgh
- University of Liverpool
- University of Oregon
- University of Southampton
- University of Strathclyde
- University of York
- Wesleyan University
- Wiley
- Wilfrid Laurier University
- York St John University
- Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften (ZHAW) / Zurich University of Applied Sciences