All grantees must acknowledge Federal funding when issuing statements, press releases, requests for proposals, bid invitations, and other documents describing projects or programs funded in whole or in part with Federal money. Each publication, press release, or other document about research supported by an NIH grant must include:
Confirm that your manuscript falls under the NIH Public Access Policy:
Before you sign a publication agreement, make sure that the agreement allows the paper to be posted to PubMed Central in accordance with the NIH Public Access Policy.
There are four different methods for depositing your manuscript into PMC. The method you follow depends on your journal or publisher. Refer to the NIH's Determine Submission Method page to confirm which submission method applies to you.
Method A – Journal deposits final published article in PMC.
Journal does this automatically.
No action needed by the PI.
Method B – Journal deposits final article but not the final published version.
Author must approve the manuscript in the NIHMS system.
Some journals use this route (e.g., Springer Nature, Elsevier journals with NIH funding).
Method C – Author deposits the manuscript in NIHMS.
Submit accepted manuscript via NIH Manuscript Submission System (NIHMS).
Complete the submission process including:
Uploading manuscript files.
Approving the PDF.
Approving the final PMC web version.
Method D – Publisher deposits manuscript on behalf of author.
Publisher starts the submission, author must complete approvals in NIHMS.
Manuscripts published prior to July 1, 2025 must be publicly available in PMC within 12 months of the publication date.
Manuscripts published on or after July 1, 2025 must be publicly available in PMC on the publication date.
Use the NIH My Bibliography tool in My NCBI to track your publications.
Use My Bibliography to auto-fill publications in your Research Performance Progress Report (RPPR) and biosketches via eRA Commons or SciENcv.
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