# New toolkit to help Diamond OA journals plan their financial sustainability

**URL:** <https://forum.edch.eu/t/new-toolkit-to-help-diamond-oa-journals-plan-their-financial-sustainability/1240>\
**Category:** Funding and Sustainability\
**Tags:** tools, sustainability, journal\
**Created:** [5 November 2026 14:33 UTC](https://forum.edch.eu/t/new-toolkit-to-help-diamond-oa-journals-plan-their-financial-sustainability/1240 "2026-11-05T14:33:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![mpaulhac](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forum.edch.eu/mpaulhac/32/48_2.png) [@mpaulhac](https://forum.edch.eu/u/mpaulhac)\
**Post date:** [5 November 2026 14:33 UTC](https://forum.edch.eu/t/new-toolkit-to-help-diamond-oa-journals-plan-their-financial-sustainability/1240/1 "2026-11-05T14:33:09Z")

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**New tool alert!**

EIFL and Research Consulting have developed a toolkit to help journals build a three-year financial sustainability plan. It was created with the editorial teams of eight African Diamond OA journals (in Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Tanzania and Togo), but the resources can be useful to journals anywhere.

The toolkit guides journals in:

- working out what they really cost to run, including the unpaid time given by editors and reviewers;
- finding funding that does not involve charging authors or readers;
- preparing for the loss of a major funder.

It comes with a simple spreadsheet template to project costs and funding over three years, and a fully worked example for a fictional journal.

**Resources:**

- [EIFL - Financial sustainability planning toolkit for Diamond Open Access journals](https://zenodo.org/records/23728622)
- [EIFL - Diamond OA financial sustainability template](https://zenodo.org/records/23728901)
- [EIFL - Diamond OA financial sustainability template - Worked Example](https://zenodo.org/records/23728622)

**Read more: [A practical toolkit to help diamond open access journals plan their finances – Kudos: Growing the influence of research](https://www.growkudos.com/projects/diamond-oa-toolkit)**

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**Author:** ![anna.hughes](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forum.edch.eu/anna.hughes/32/67_2.png) [@anna.hughes](https://forum.edch.eu/u/anna.hughes)\
**Post date:** [5 November 2026 16:01 UTC](https://forum.edch.eu/t/new-toolkit-to-help-diamond-oa-journals-plan-their-financial-sustainability/1240/2 "2026-11-05T16:01:14Z")

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It would be super helpful if this resource was added to the Further reading section of the [Sustainability resources](https://resources.edch.eu/sustainability-resources)😀

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**Author:** ![irynakuchma](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forum.edch.eu/irynakuchma/32/334_2.png) [@irynakuchma](https://forum.edch.eu/u/irynakuchma)\
**Post date:** [6 November 2026 10:45 UTC](https://forum.edch.eu/t/new-toolkit-to-help-diamond-oa-journals-plan-their-financial-sustainability/1240/3 "2026-11-06T10:45:32Z")

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Great suggestion, thank you Anna, will do! And thank you Marion for sharing this!