Page Costs Support (PCS)

Page Costs Support (PCS) is a reimbursement program which provides matching funds (meaning that your School, CAST, and the University can all opt to reimburse up to $200 each) to defray the costs associated with publishing (both traditional and open access formats) and exhibitions/performances. 

All applications for support must be submitted through the Illinois State University Review website. Once there, click on Publication Support and APPLY buttons. Supporting documentation is required before reimbursement requests will be honored in the form of (1) a receipt or an invoice and canceled check/credit card statement is required (copies are acceptable), and (2) a copy of the publication.

 Once submitted, the application will be automatically routed to the Department or School Chair/Director, CAST Associate Dean, and the Research Office. 

 Please note that the funds may not be provided for articles published in predatory journals which often publish without significant or any peer review process. Beware of publishers/journals with rapid and generic reviews, requiring payment by wire transfer or PayPal directly to the editor or to a location different from the editorial address of the publisher/journal, or journals having an editor with no scholarly credentials in the field. Before submitting your work for publication please be sure your publisher/journal does not use such tactics. An excellent guide for evaluating journals appears at https://scholarlycommunication.uottawa.ca/publishing/predatory-publishers .

For more information, please contact the CAST Research Office, Turner Hall Room 103, (309) 438-2739.