NIH Mandatory Public Access Policy
On January 11, 2008, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) issued a revised policy that implements Division G, Title II, Section 218 of Public Law 110-161 (Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2008). This law states: "SEC. 218. The Director of the National Institutes of Health shall require that all investigators funded by the NIH submit or have submitted for them to the National Library of Medicine’s PubMed Central an electronic version of their final, peer-reviewed manuscripts upon acceptance for publication, to be made publicly available no later than 12 months after the official date of publication: Provided, That the NIH shall implement the public access policy in a manner consistent with copyright law."
Worcester Polytechnic Institute is committed to complying with the requirements of this law and, to this end, provides the following information on behalf of its NIH-funded investigators:
Notice No. NOT-OD-08-033 - Revised Policy on Enhancing Public Access to Archived Publications Resulting from NIH-Funded Research http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-08-033.html
Notice No. NOT-OD-08-060 - Request for Information: NIH Public Access Policy http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-08-060.html
NIH Public Access Homepage with Instructions for Investigators and Institutions http://publicaccess.nih.gov/index.htm
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