(7 May 2025) The National Institutes of Health (NIH) will implement its open access policy six months earlier than planned. The rule requires its grantees to make all their publications involving research partially or entirely funded by the agency immediately and freely accessible, along with the supporting data. Reaction to the announcement was mixed.
The new Public Access Policy, issued during the Biden administration, will now go into effect on 1 July, rather than the original target of the end of 2025. The fast-tracked rule applies to final, peer-reviewed articles accepted for publication in a journal on or after 1 July that are funded in part or fully by the NIH. Included is supplemental material that supports the publication, such as detailed methods and additional figures.
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