NIH issues revisions and clarifications to its FAQ
5/6/2008 1:06 pm - From: Thakur, Neil (NIH/OD) [E]
Sent: Monday, May 05, 2008 11:04 AM
To: Public Access Oversight Group; Columbus, Megan (NIH/OD) [E]
Subject: Just posted the revised Public Access FAQ
Here is the new FAQ: http://publicaccess.nih.gov/FAQ.htm
This FAQ was originally posted to the NIH Public Policy website on
January 11, 2008.
On May 2, 2008, NIH made the following changes to the NIH Public Access
Policy Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ):
· Questions C7, C9 and C10 are new, and reflect improvements to
PubMed. They clarify and simplify how awardees can comply with the
fifth specification of the NIH Public Access Policy, which states:
“Beginning May 25, 2008, anyone submitting an application, proposal or
progress report to the NIH must include the PMC or NIH Manuscript
Submission reference number when citing applicable articles that arise
from their NIH funded research. This policy includes applications
submitted to the NIH for the May 25, 2008 due date and subsequent due
dates.”
· Questions A4, B10-B12, C8, C11, D5, E4, E5, F5 and F6 were
developed based on questions received by NIH. These questions do not
signify any changes in policy or procedure.
· NIH has responded to a number of questions about issues already
addressed by the January 11 version of the FAQs, and we have made a
number small changes to many of these FAQ questions to improve their
clarity. The biggest changes we have made is to the wording of FAQs
B1-B5. These clarifications to the existing FAQ do not signify any
changes in policy or procedure.
· The January 11, 2008 FAQ uses the term “article” as a generic
word for a peer-reviewed scientific publication and all its versions.
At the March 20 Open Meeting, some stakeholders commented that
‘article’ could be confused with the term “final published article”.
Therefore, this FAQ uses the term ‘paper’ instead of ‘article’. We will
be updating the website to reflect this change as well.
Neil M. Thakur, PhD
Special Assistant to the NIH Deputy Director for Extramural Research
National Institutes of Health
