Rules for Open Access
The time at which the application must be submitted depends on the type of periodical in which the article is to be published. There are two situations which may occur.

• An article which is to be published in a fully Open Access periodical:
  The author makes an application for funding prior to the submission of the article. Remuneration of the author’s contribution from the fund is only guaranteed if he or she has already been granted funding at the moment of submission.
  
  
• An Open Access article which is to be published in a non-Open Access periodical:
  The author makes an application for funding as soon as the article is accepted. Remuneration of the author’s contribution from the fund is only guaranteed if he or she had already been granted funding before opting for Open Access.

Description of procedure
When TU Delft Library receives an application for funding ('F&C order form’), it checks whether the application contains all the required details and that the article is destined for publication in a peer-reviewed periodical. If the application meets these requirements and provided that the fund is not yet exhausted, then TU Delft Library will confirm the funding and inform the applicant of this by e-mail. In all other cases, the application will be turned down. The applicant will be sent an e-mail informing him or her of the reasons for this decision.

Publication in fully Open Access periodicals only
If the article for which funding has been reserved is ultimately not accepted for publication, the author will inform TU Delft Library of this.
TU Delft Library will then cancel the reservation so that the money can be made available to other applicants.