The NIH Public Access Policy requires scientists to submit the final peer-reviewed journal manuscripts that arise from NIH funds to the digital archive PubMed Central upon acceptance for publication, ensuring the public has access to the results of NIH-funded research.
✔ Is your paper peer-reviewed?
✔ Did it result from any of the following?
Principal Investigators are responsible for the following for any peer-reviewed paper that arises directly from their awards, even if they are not an author or co-author of the manuscript:
For non-competing continuation grant awards with a start date of July 1, 2013 or beyond, NIH will delay processing of an award if publications arising from it are not in compliance with the NIH Public Access Policy.
NIH will not process Research Performance Progress Reports (RPPRs) until all papers arising from the award are compliant with the public access policy. Funding for awards with non-compliant RPPRs could be delayed.