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Faculty Research Support Award (FRSA)
The FRSA supports innovation and scholarly productivity by providing NU faculty members with monetary support for pursuing their research agendas. These monies are provided to assist faculty in achieving their research agendas and are in addition to regular faculty duties. These are awarded annually on a rolling basis, worth up to $10,000 each based on approved budget and available funds for a primary applicant submission and up to $15,000 for multiple researcher applications. There are a limited number of FRSA available annually. Final approval is contingent on school or department leadership sign-off.
Click here to access the Faculty and Staff Research Support Funding Manual.
NU seeks to promote scholarly publications by our faculty, staff, and students with the identification of NU as affiliated with these works. As such, NU provides up to three Publication Honoraria annually throughout the calendar year. These stipends are independent of professional development funds. The number of stipends awarded to faculty (and co-authors) will depend on annual budget approvals and available funds.
Presentation and Poster One Time Payment
NU seeks to promote scholarly presentations and posters by our faculty, staff, and students (current and alumni). In addition to our current recognition for scholarly work, NU is providing scholarly poster and presentation honoraria. These stipends are awarded independent of professional development funds. The number of stipends awarded will depend on annual budget approvals and available funds.
When publishing a journal article as "open access," the author must pay an Article Processing Charge, but the NU library and our consortiums have negotiated on your behalf to reduce this burden for these select publishers:
Through NU Library's subscriptions to ACM Open, you may publish articles using an open-access license at no cost in more than 75 journals.
First, submit your manuscript to the journal. Your manuscript must be accepted for publication in order to apply for the APC waiver. Note that the corresponding author’s primary affiliation must be NU or another institution that currently participates in ACM Open.
Through NU Library's subscriptions to Elsevier, you may publish articles using an open-access license at no cost in more than 1800 journals.
First, submit your manuscript to the journal. Your manuscript must be accepted for publication in order to apply for the APC waiver. Note that the corresponding author’s primary affiliation must be NU.
Through NU Library's subscriptions to Emerald, you may publish articles using an open-access license at no cost in more than 310 journals.
First, submit your manuscript to the journal. Your manuscript must be accepted for publication in order to apply for the APC waiver. Note that the corresponding author’s primary affiliation must be NU.
Through the NU Library's subscriptions to IOP, you may publish articles using an open-access license at no cost in more than 75 journals.
First, submit your manuscript to the journal. Your manuscript must be accepted for publication in order to apply for the APC waiver. Note that the corresponding author’s primary affiliation must be NU.
Through NU Library's subscriptions to Oxford University Press (OUP), you may publish articles using an open-access license at reduced or no cost in more than 500 hybrid and fully open-access OUP journals.
If the NU author has grant funding available to help pay the APC
All authors receive a $750 subsidy toward the APC. Example: if the APC was $1750, the author would only have to pay $1000 out of grant funds.
First, submit your manuscript to the journal. Your manuscript must be accepted for publication in order to apply the APC subsidy. Note that the corresponding author’s primary affiliation must be NU.
Through NU Library's subscriptions to Springer, you may publish articles using an open-access license at no cost in more than 2000 hybrid Springer journals.
First, submit your manuscript to the journal. Your manuscript must be accepted for publication in order to apply for the APC waiver. Note that the corresponding author’s primary affiliation must be NU.
Once accepted, the corresponding author will be asked to complete the assignment of rights and permissions, for which they should select an open access option (the fee waiver should be processed automatically).
Through NU Library's subscriptions to Wiley, you may publish articles using an open-access license at reduced or no cost in more than 1900 hybrid and fully open-access OUP journals.
If the NU author has grant funding available to help pay the APC
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