Grants & Media

Grants Awarded

• Schares, E. Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. January 2026 - December 2028. $125,487 awarded. SCRAPE project - to study the economics of the academic publishing system.

• Schares, E. ISU Computation Advisory Committee. November 2016 – June 2017. $2,578 awarded. Arduino/Raspberry Pi/Makey Makey hardware kits for library checkout.

Media Coverage

Reached for comment and quoted in

• Brainard, J. (2026, May 22). U.S. agencies aren’t ready for the rising cost of making research papers free, report warns. Science.

• Smith, P.A. (2026, Jan. 7). In scientific publishing, who should foot the bill? Undark Magazine.

• McKie, A. (2025, Oct. 2). NIH proposal to cap publishing fees prompts concern. Reseach Professional News.

Provided data and context for

• Brainard, J. (2024, Aug. 1). Open for business. Science.

Letter to the Editor

• Haustein, S., Schares, E., Butler, L.-A., Alperin, J. P. (2025, July 20). Scientific publishing needs urgent reform to retain trust in research process. Letter to the Editor, The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/jul/20/scientific-publishing-needs-urgent-reform-to-retain-trust-in-research-process.