The Danish Research Council for the Humanities (FKK)

• One of five councils within the Danish Council for Independent Research (DFF)

• DFF: Bottom-up research• DSF: Strategic research• Fifteen members• Broad range of disciplines• Cross-discipline projects• Budget, ca 160 mio DKR annually• What can be applied for: Collective research projects,

individual projects (phd, post-doc, senior), networks, conferences, journals (and others)

• Success rate autumn 2008: ca 16 %

FKK’s funding of journals -some preconditions

• High scholarly standard• External peer review• Reasonable number of readers (considering

the field)• International outreach (allowing for Danish

focus in some disciplines)• Open Access

Open Access Demands of Journals Funded by FKK

• Electronic journals must be free and openly accessible on the Internet

• Printed journals must have a website from which the articles are free and openly accessible as e-journals no later than one year after the publication of a volume

• Exemption from this requirement may be given for a transitional period

• For a transitional period it is possible to apply for extraordinary funding to set up a digital platform

• It is possible to apply for separate funding to cover retro-digitalisation of older issues