Open access (OA) publishing is increasing, allowing articles to be read by anyone, anywhere. The publishing costs for these articles (article processing charges, APCs) are typically paid by the authors or their respective funders.¹ In global health, authors pay an average of US$2,732 per OA publication.² Articles that are freely accessible are more read, shared, and cited, ultimately benefitting scientific discourse and integration in public health, medicine, and other sciences.¹ In response to the growing interest in OA publishing, journals are increasingly adopting OA models: some adopt hybrid models that allow authors to choose whether or not to publish OA, some adopt full OA, and some simply create an entirely new sister journal as an OA alternative to their own. However, few create means to support authors who are not funded by research grants, their institutions, or institutional agreements.^3,4 Those that do should be commended for taking this step, especially given how rare such genuinely equitable OA models are.