Tuesday, November 18, 2008

My publisher will charge a fee to deposit my manuscript or final published article in PubMed Central. Can I use grant funds to pay the fee?

YES, both NIH and UNMC Sponsored Programs Administration consider this an allowable cost. If your goal is to reduce fee charges for uploading your manuscript or article, check to make sure the publisher's agreement allows authors to self-submit, and do it yourself using the NIH Manuscript Submission site. Robin Taylor (rtaylor@unmc.edu) can help if you haven't done an upload before.
http://publicaccess.nih.gov/FAQ.htm#e3

The journal made my manuscript open access - am I compliant?

NO. You are only compliant if your manuscript is in PubMed Central. Open access via a publisher website, institutional repository, or personal web page only does not comply.
http://publicaccess.nih.gov/FAQ.htm#c8

How does the NIH know if they supported research presented in cited articles?

Don't worry - it is NIH's responsibility to check. This verification is now part of the regular funding application review process.