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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH NIH News NIH Office of the Director (OD) <https://www.nih.gov/institutes-nih/nih-office-director> For Immediate Release: December 17, 2024 NIH ISSUES NEW POLICY TO SPEED ACCESS TO AGENCY-FUNDED RESEARCH RESULTS The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has long championed the principles of transparency and accessibility in NIH-funded research. To further this commitment, today NIH released a new public access policy <https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-25-047.html>
accelerating broad access to NIH-funded research results. The most significant change from the previous policy is the removal of the 12-month embargo period before manuscripts resulting from NIH funding must be made publicly available. The policy meets the
expectations set forth in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy’s (OSTP) memo Ensuring Free, Immediate, and Equitable Access to Federally Funded Research <https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/08-2022-OSTP-Public-Access-Memo.pdf>.
In addition to the updated policy, NIH has issued supplemental guidance on publication costs and on government use license and rights. The updated policy and supplemental guidance were developed after considering all feedback NIH received
on the draft proposals received through a request for information. The revised policy will go into effect for peer-reviewed manuscripts accepted on or after Dec. 31, 2025. Until that time, NIH’s current Public Access Policy, originally issued in 2008 <https://sharing.nih.gov/public-access-policy/public-access-policy-overview>
will remain in effect. Broadly, the new NIH policy aims to maximize and accelerate access to scientific data and scholarly articles resulting from federal funding, and make research results easier to find and more transparent through the use of metadata and persistent
identifiers. These efforts are aligned with the directives of the OSTP memo. NIH has accomplished the first two objectives through our Data Management and Sharing Policy <https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-21-013.html>and updated Public Access Policy, respectively. For the second objective,
today NIH has issued a plan for public comment that will enable researchers, clinicians, students and the public to rapidly locate, contextualize and analyze the results of NIH-supported research. More information on this plan and how to provide comments can
be found here <https://osp.od.nih.gov/comment-form-nih-plan-to-increase-findability-and-transparency-of-research-results-through-the-use-of-metadata-and-persistent-identifiers-pids/>. I would like to thank the White House OSTP for its leadership in this area. The steps taken above reflect NIH’s commitment to the responsible stewardship of the nation’s investment in biomedical research by improving transparency and accessibility
of taxpayer-funded research. Monica Bertagnolli, M.D., Ph.D. Director, NIH About the National Institutes of Health (NIH): NIH, the nation's medical research agency, includes 27 Institutes and Centers and is a component of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. NIH is the primary federal agency conducting
and supporting basic, clinical, and translational medical research, and is investigating the causes, treatments, and cures for both common and rare diseases. For more information about NIH and its programs, visit <www.nih.gov>. NIH...Turning Discovery into Health -- Registered, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office ### This Statement is available online at: <https://www.nih.gov/about-nih/who-we-are/nih-director/statements/nih-issues-new-policy-speed-access-agency-funded-research-results> To subscribe (or unsubscribe) from NIH News Release mailings, go to <http://service.govdelivery.com/service/subscribe.html?code=USNIH_1>. If you subscribed via the NIH LISTSERV, go to <https://list.nih.gov/cgi-bin/wa.exe?A0=nihpress>. |
