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On April 30, 2025, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) released updated guidance regarding its Public Access Policy, announcing an accelerated timeline for the implementation of the 2022 Nelson Memorandum. The new effective date is July 1, 2025. All other provisions of the policy remain unchanged. NIH Announcement Accelerating Access to Research Results – New […]
What is it? The memo, titled “Guidance to Make Federally-Funded Research Freely Available Without Delay”—also known informally as the “OSTP-Nelson memo” or the “Public Access Memo” is a memorandum written by Dr. Alondra Nelson, Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP). It was released in August of 2022 and provides guidelines to […]