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New Publication Requirements for NIH-funded Investigators
The National Institutes of Health has issued a revised Public Access Policy to ensure compliance with Public Law 110-161, which states that any published results of NIH-funded research must be made available to the public. Under the revised policy, any journal article arising from NIH-funded work must be submitted in electronic format to NIH PubMed Central, a digital archive offering free, unrestricted access to biomedical and life science literature. Compliance with this policy will be a statutory requirement and a condition of grant awards, cooperative agreements, and R&D contract solicitations and awards.
University of Iowa investigators should be award of the following key dates and details:
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As of April 7, 2008, all articles arising from NIH funds must be submitted to PubMed Central upon acceptance for publication.
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As of May 25, 2008, investigators must include the PubMed Central reference number when citing their NIH-funded articles in NIH applications, proposals, or progress reports.
University of Iowa libraries (Biology, Engineering, Psychology and Hardin Library for the Health Sciences) will provide training classes on the public access policy beginning in March. Additional information is available from Linda Walton, Director of the Hardin Library - e-mail linda-walton@uiowa.edu or phone 335-9873.
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