NIH 2024 Public Access Policy

Submitted by: Ryan Harris

NIH recently released its new 2024 Public Access Policy along with supplemental guidance on rights and publication costs. The 2024 Public Access Policy will take effect December 31, 2025.

In addition, NIH has also released today its Plan on Metadata and Persistent Identifiers (PIDs) for public comment. The plan outlines how researchers and institutions should be using metadata and PIDs, and also provides requirements for NIH-supported repositories to collect and make relevant metadata publicly available and searchable. Comments on the plan will be accepted through the comment portal until February 21, 2025.

For additional context on these releases, please see a statement made today by NIH Director, Dr. Monica Bertagnolli, and a blog co-authored by Dr. Lyric Jorgenson and Dr. Stephen Sherry.