The EDCH receives financial support from the Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Brussels, Belgium, 01.10.2025
The European Diamond Capacity Hub (EDCH), a pioneering initiative aimed at advancing Diamond Open Access (OA) publishing across Europe, has received financial support from the Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT).
The EDCH is delighted to announce that it has received a grant from the Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT), Portugal’s national public agency that supports science, technology, and innovation. FCT financially supports the EDCH in the context of the Portuguese national Diamond OA initiative PubIn that is managed by the FCCN, FCT's digital services and Minho University.
This support will strengthen the EDCH’s activities, including outreach, training, and engagement with local stakeholders. It demonstrates the strong connection between European-level coordination and national initiatives, which helps ensure that Diamond Open Access publishing is sustainable, high-quality, and widely accessible.
The grant from FCT provides essential resources and highlights the partnership between the EDCH and Portugal’s scholarly communication ecosystem. Through such initiatives, the EDCH continues to foster a vibrant, collaborative, and equitable Diamond OA community across Europe, combining national expertise with pan-European coordination.
About the EDCH:
The EDCH is a collective providing services for Diamond OA publishers, Service Providers, and Tools & Technology Providers. The EDCH aims to support the research community with a thriving, aligned, high-quality, and sustainable OA scholarly communication infrastructure to support equitable scientific publishing.
The EDCH is funded by ANR, CNRS, the European Union, and the Gates Foundation, and supported by cOAlition S, DOAJ, EIFL, FECYT, OpenEdition, OPERAS, Science Europe, and SPARC Europe.
For more information on the EDCH, visit https://diamas.org.
Contact:
EDCH coordinators:
Pierre Mounier, pierre.mounier[at]openedition.org
Johan Rooryck, johan.rooryck[at]operas-eu.org