The White House's Office of Science and Technology Policy issued a memo in 2013 directing all federal agencies that provide $100 million or more in research funding to come up with plans requiring grant recipients to share the results of their research with the public. Some federal agencies have also stipulated requirements to share the written research based on the federally funded research. See the table below to determine what your federal funding agency's requirements are.
Each policy includes more detailed rules for researchers to follow, so please make sure to read the appropriate one in detail. A few things to consider:
See the table below for a list of agencies and their policies.
| Federal Agency | Article Policy | Data Policy |
|---|---|---|
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Administration for Community Living |
Accepted manuscript must be deposited into PubMed Central; publicly available within 12 months. | No policy yet. |
|
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality |
Accepted manuscript must be deposited into PubMed Central; publicly available within 12 months | Make available at the time of acceptance of research manuscript. |
|
Center for Disease Control and Prevention |
Accepted manuscript must be deposited into PubMed Central; publicly available within 12 months. | Make available at the time of acceptance of research manuscript if possible. |
|
Department of Defense |
Accepted manuscript must be deposited into DoD's public access archive; publicly available within 12 months. | Make available within a reasonable time. |
|
Department of Energy |
Submit article metadata and article (or link to article) to DOE's Office of Scientific and Technical Information; publicly available within 12 months. | Make available at the time of acceptance of research manuscript. |
|
Department of Transportation |
Accepted manuscript must be deposited into DOT's National Transportation Library; publicly available within 12 months. | Make available at the time of acceptance of research manuscript. |
|
Food and Drug Administration |
Final accepted manuscript must be deposited into PubMed Central; publicly available within 12 months. | Make available at the time the research article is published. |
|
Institute of Education Services |
Accepted manuscript must be deposited into ERIC; publicly available within 12 months of publication. | Make available no later than when the research article is published. |
|
NASA |
Accepted manuscript must be deposited into PubMed Central; publicly available within 12 months. | Make available at time of article publication or within a reasonable time period. |
|
NIH |
Accepted manuscript must be deposited into PubMed Central upon acceptance to a scholarly journal. | Make available at the time of an associated publication or the end of the grant, whichever is first. |
|
National Institute of Standards and Technology |
Accepted manuscript must be deposited into PubMed Central; publicly available within 12 months. | Make available no later than when the research article is published. |
|
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
Accepted manuscript must be deposited into NOAA's institutional repository (not yet created). | Make available in a timely manner (usually two years). |
|
National Science Foundation |
Accepted manuscript must be deposited into a public repository within 12 months of initial publication. | No policy yet. |
|
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Accepted manuscript must be deposited in a Smithsonian repository within 12 months of publication. | Deposit in a Smithsonian repository within 12 months of article publication. |
|
Department of Agriculture |
Accepted manuscript must be deposited in PubAg within 12 months of publication. | No policy yet. |
|
Agency for International Development |
No policy. | Deposit data in USAID's Development Data Library; embargo of up to about 12 months if article not published. |
|
U.S. Geological Survey |
Accepted manuscript must be publicly available within 12 months of official publication date. | Make available by the publication of article. |
|
Veterans Affairs |
Accepted manuscript must be deposited in PubMed Central; publicly available within 12 months of publication. | Make publicly available. |
The University of Nevada, Reno does not have an institution-wide open access mandate policy.
Some non-governmental grant funders - such as the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the Ford Foundation - are also starting to implement mandates requiring that scholarly publications and research data stemming from their grants be made open access. Use the websites below to help you determine if your grant funder has any requirements.
