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.
Manuscripts accepted for publication on or after July 1, 2025 must be made available in PubMed Central (PMC) as soon as they are published.
Manuscripts accepted on or after December 31, 2025 but before July 1, 2025 must be deposited into PubMed Central no later than 12 months after publication.
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If you answer "yes" to questions 1 and 2, you will need to follow this policy.
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 (Source).
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 (Source).