Manuscript Preparation Grants Program

The Manuscript Preparation Grants Program at Western Washington University offers up to $2,500 for manuscript preparation and publication costs. Eligible applicants include non-student employees with formal university appointments. The program supports costs such as indexing, licensing fees, and open-access fees, excluding self-published works unless justified. Due to high demand, applicants are encouraged to utilize this funding to enhance their professional scholarship and contribute to their academic disciplines.

NOTE:
Using the required proposal template complete all required components as one pdf file, attached to the application eSign form and submit to your Department Chair.Department Chairs should review the application, complete the comment section, and approve the application onto RSP.If the chair is the applicant, they should send their eSign form to their College Dean, who will review the application and complete the comments section.
This program provides up to $2,750 to assist with manuscript preparation and publication. Allowable costs include indexing, licensing fees for copyrighted materials, page charges, figure preparation, and open-access fees. Professional editing costs for books (but not journal papers) is also supported.
Annual requests to this program have recently exceeded available funding levels. Support for open-access fees is made possible, in part, with funding from Western Libraries.
Evaluation of Proposals
Proposals will be reviewed by a subcommittee of the Research and Creative Activities Council who submit their recommendations to the Vice Provost for Research for approval.
Proposals are evaluated based on:
Demonstrated likelihood of publicationFor journal articles: the publisher employs a robust peer-review selection process.For books: the publisher is a recognized academic or commercial imprint. Costs associated with “selfpublished” books are not normally supported by this program unless the author can provide a strong academic or professional rationale.Likely impact on discipline/students/communityOpportunity for advancing the professional scholarship of the applicant

Eligibility

Program is open to all non-student employees with formal appointments to the university. This includes staff, research associates, tenured, tenure-track, and non-tenure track faculty.
An individual may receive up to one award in any 12-month period.
Members of the review committee are eligible to apply to the program, but must recuse themselves from the review of their own application.