Communications from the Chief Scientific Officer

Dear Colleagues,

Please note the following update from the Office of Research Services, as well as a resource link from Penn Libraries.

Thank you,

Mike

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E. Michael Ostap, PhD

Professor of Physiology

Senior Vice Dean and Chief Scientific Officer,

Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

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Good morning,

I am writing to remind the research community that the new NIH Public Access Policy requirements will go into effect tomorrow, July 1, 2025.   The requirements of this policy include:

• Submission of an electronic version of the Author Accepted Manuscript to PubMed Central upon its acceptance for publication for public availability without embargo upon the Official Date of Publication;
• An acknowledgment in the Author Accepted Manuscript and Final Published Article that satisfies the requirements in the NIH Grants Policy Statement (GPS) regarding communicating and acknowledging federal funding (GPS 4.2.1 and GPS 8.2.1), as well as analogous requirements for acknowledging federal funding as incorporated into the terms of Other Transaction agreements and applicable contracts; and
• When an Author Accepted Manuscript is submitted to NIH¹, agreeing to a standard license that mirrors that of the Government Use License at 2 CFR 200.315, or its successor regulation, explicitly granting NIH the right to make the Author Accepted Manuscript publicly available through PubMed Central without embargo upon the Official Date of Publication

Reasonable costs associated with publication are permitted direct costs on NIH grants.  

Thank you,

Missy

Elizabeth D. Peloso

Sr. Associate Vice President & Sr. Associate Vice Provost

Office of Research Services

University of Pennsylvania

(office)  215-746-0234

(cell) 610-213-9414

Office of Research Services | University of Pennsylvania

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Penn Library's guide features a specific page for the NIH’s policy; the guide will grow as new policies are released by other agencies.