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NIH Public Access Policy

• Introduction
• Who is affected by the new reporting requirement?
• Important information on your rights
• Complying with the new requirement
• How the new reporting requirement will help you
• More Information

Who is affected by the new reporting requirement?

The policy applies to you if your peer-reviewed article meets the following criteria:

• Directly funded by an NIH grant or cooperative agreement active in FY2008 (October 1, 2007-September 30, 2008)
• Directly funded by a contract signed on or after April 7, 2008
• Directly funded by the NIH Intramural Program
• If NIH pays your salary
• If your article is a peer-reviewed journal article, including research reports and reviews