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3. NIH Issues New Public Access Policy

4. Funding Opportunities

5. The Table Of Contents Of The February 15, 2008 NIH Guide

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The NIH recently announced its new Public Access Policy regarding peer-reviewed publications. The new NIH Public Access Policy will ensure published NIH-funded research is accessible to the public, health care providers, educators and scientists and will help advance science and improve human health.

Inaccordance with federal law, the NIH now requires the submission of published articles resulting from NIH-funded research to PubMed Central. These articles will be made publicly available on PubMed Central within 12 months of the publication date. The length of this delay period is determined by the copyright holder, which may be the author, their institution or their publisher. NIH will continue to work with all three groups to make this new policy a success.

There are three actions grantees must take to comply with the policy:

1. Address copyright: Beginning April 7, 2008, authors of articles arising from NIH funds are responsible for ensuring that publishing agreements allow for full compliance with the policy.
   
   
2. Submit the article to NIH. Beginning April 7, 2008, authors must submit to PubMed Central an electronic version of every peer-reviewed article arising from NIH research funds, once an article is accepted for publication. NIH has worked with publishers to develop several ways to submit articles:
   • The author or someone in their organization may deposit a copy of the peer-reviewed manuscript in the NIH Manuscript Submission (NIHMS) system (http://www.nihms.nih.gov/). Author verifies content.
   • The journal may offer to send the peer-reviewed manuscript files to the NIHMS. Author verifies content.
   • Publish in a PubMed Central Journal. No additional effort required from the author. See http://publicaccess.nih.gov/submit_process_journals.htm for a list of these journals.

Cite. Beginning April 7, 2008, authors must include PubMed Central ID numbers in NIH applications and reports when citing their articles covered by the policy.

• • The American Tinnitus Association (ATA) recently achieved Congressional report language through the Department of Defense’s Peer Review Medical Research Program (PRMRP). This language directs the Department of Defense (DoD) to allocate $50 million to research only 21 conditions, including tinnitus.
    Pre-announcements are now available online.
    

  • The Department of Defense Ovarian Cancer Research Program (OCRP) has received $10 million for fiscal year 2008.  On February 8, 2007 the OCRP has released two of four Program Announcements describing funding mechanisms. 
    All details for application are available in the Program Announcement for each funding mechanism located on the CDMRP website: http://cdmrp.army.mil/funding/ocrp.htm  

  • The Department of Defense Prostate Cancer Research Program (PCRP) has received $80 million for fiscal year 2008.  On February 7, 2007 the PCRP released five of eleven Program Announcements describing funding mechanisms. 
    All details for application are available in the Program Announcement for each funding mechanism located on the CDMRP website: http://cdmrp.army.mil/funding/pcrp.htm

  • The DoD Breast Cancer Research Program (BCRP) has received $138 million for fiscal year 2008.  On February 6, 2008 the BCRP has released eight Program Announcements describing funding mechanisms for 2008. 
    All details for application are available in the Program Announcement for each funding mechanism located on the CDMRP website: http://cdmrp.army.mil/funding/bcrp.htm

  • The DoD Neurofibromatosis Research Program (NFRP) has received $8 million for fiscal year 2008.  On February 5, 2007 the NFRP has released four Program Announcements describing funding mechanisms for 2008. 
    All details for application are available in the Program Announcement for each funding mechanism located on the CDMRP website: http://cdmrp.army.mil/funding/nfrp.htm

The previous static listings for browsing published NIH Guide announcements have been replaced with real-time database query listings that retrieve only active Requests for Applications ( RFAs ) and Program Announcements ( PAs ), based on the expiration dates stated in those announcements. The new listing for NIH Guide Notices displays Notices published over the last two years, by default, since expiration dates are not currently assigned to these announcements. Links to these new resources are available from the main NIH Guide Funding Opportunities and Notices page ( http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/index.html ).

All announcements (active plus inactive) in each category may also be viewed by using selections in the drop-down box at the top of each listing page. Clicking on header links allows re-sorting of lists. In addition, a new Ad Hoc NIH Guide Database Search page http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/search_guide.htm is available, which allows for individualized queries with various selection criteria.

If you have any difficulty obtaining the information you need from the Guide, contact Carol Wilkerson, carol.wilkerson@utoledo.edu, at HSC extension 4252, or Rick Francis, rick.francis@utoledo.edu, at MC extension 6193.

NIH Guide For Week Ending February 15, 2008

[Use The Link Below To Access Table of Contents of Guide]

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/WeeklyIndex.cfm?WeekEnding=2-15-2008