1. Updated NIH Public Access Policy
Health Sciences Library staff
Office of Grants & Contracts staff

2. NIH Updated Public Access Policy
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

3. NIH Updated Public Access Policy
Went into effect on April 7, 2008
Previous policy - voluntary to submit to PubMed Central
Applies to any peer-reviewed journal article where research was funded by NIH
Even if the PI isn’t an author
Three steps to compliance

4. Step 1 – Address Copyright
Author is responsible for addressing copyright.
Address at time of submission of article
Make sure that author has permission to deposit in PubMed Central
Some journals will submit to PubMed Central for you - easiest
Some journals will submit to PubMed Central for you, but you must pay a fee
Some journals won’t submit to PubMed Central and you will have to submit on your own

5. Step 2 – Submit Article
Submit final peer-reviewed article, with graphics and supplemental material
Submit your word doc and images, not the proof from the publisher
If journal will submit for you, nothing for you to do (easy!)
If you need to do submission, use the NIH Manuscript Submission System (also easy!)

6. Step 3 – Cite Article
Every article in PubMed Central has a unique PubMed Central ID (PMCID)
Starting May 25, 2008:
When submitting NIH applications, proposals, or progress reports, you must include the PMCID for each of your NIH-funded articles

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