| Name: | National Institutes of Health (NIH) |
| Type: | Funder |
| Institution/funder website: | http://www.nih.gov/ |
| Country: | United States |
| Open Access policy: | Requirement |
| Policy link: | http://publicaccess.nih.gov/policy.htm |
| Effective date from: | 2008-04-07 |
| Open Access, how?: | Green route (deposit in repositories) |
| Exemptions....(text extracted from the policy): | "...Compliance with this Policy is a statutory requirement and a term and condition of the grant award and cooperative agreement, in accordance with the NIH Grants Policy Statement..." |
| Scope of policy?: | Whole or partial funding |
| Funder pays for publication fees: | Yes (charged by direct or indirect costs) |
| What must be deposited?: | Articles |
| What may be deposited?: | Data |
| Versions of papers that may/must be deposited: | Author's peer-reviewed final draft, Publisher's version of record |
| When are accepted peer-reviewed papers to be deposited?: | At time of publication |
| Duration of permissible embargo prior papers being made freely available: | 12 months after publication |
| Copyright reservation (funders): | Any publishing or copyright agreements concerning articles have to comply with the OA policy |
| Copyright terms...(text extracted from the policy): | "...Before you sign a publication agreement or similar copyright transfer agreement, make sure that the agreement allows the paper to be posted to PubMed Central (PMC) in accordance with the NIH Public Access Policy..." |
| Where to archive?: | Central or subject repository |
| Name of specified archive: | PubMed Central |
| URL of specified archive: | http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/ |
| Are there any type of monitoring actions to check compliance with the policy ( if yes, check any if apply): | Yes, Required manuscript submission number/OD identifier |
