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Federal Agencies Public Access Policies

This guide is intended for use by the researchers at Rutgers University. It covers an overview and requirements of the policy, addressing copyright issues, submission methods, citing PMCID, and how to manage compliance.

Classes and Workshops

If you need assistance on

  • Compliance with NIH Public Access Policy
  • How to Create a Biosketch for NIH Grant Proposals
  • Developing a Data Management & Sharing Plan for NIH Grant Applications,

Please fill out the Library Instruction Form, or contact Yingting Zhang at yzhang@rutgers.edu, or make an appointment.

Two Workshops on the 2024 NIH Public Access Policy:

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) 2024 Public Access Policy requires researchers to deposit their Author Accepted Manuscripts (AAM) arising from NIH-funded research in PubMed Central immediately upon acceptance for publication on or after July 2025and to make them publicly available on the official date of publication. The 2024 NIH Public Access Policy eliminates the embargo that was in the 2008 policy, requiring that all NIH-funded research articles be immediately available to the public via PubMed Central on the official date of publication. This recording is from the workshop on Introduction to 2024 NIH Public Access Policy conducted on June 27, 2025.

Note: The sessions were recorded and posted below.

Below is the recording of the June 27, 2025 Introduction to 2024 NIH Public Access Policy workshop:

Above is the recording of the June 11, 2025 Introduction to 2024 NIH Public Access Policy workshop.