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Exercise, Sport, and Movement Student APC Assistance Fund
The ESM editors recognize that the cost of publishing open access (the article processing charge, or APC) is often a burden for authors. To help address this burden, the ESM editors are proud to announce the launch of the ESM Student APC Assistance Fund on July 1, 2025.
Details
Provides APC assistance for student-led papers accepted in ESM
Provides $1000 toward APC for qualifying papers
Can be used in addition to 20% APC discount for ACSM members who are corresponding authors on ESM accepted papers
Eligibility
To qualify, a student must be the first author on the paper
Student status is determined based on ACSM student membership criteria (students do not have to be ACSM members to be eligible)
Only available on the following article types: Original Investigation, Registered Report (stage 1), Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis, and Graphical Review
Not available on papers with corresponding authors from low- and middle-income countries (based on Research4Life eligibility criteria) who automatically receive full (100%) and partial (50%) APC waivers, respectively
Only the first 10 qualifying accepted papers each year apply. No additional application is necessary.
