The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is the primary agency funded by the US government for biomedical and public health research. The Institutes provide extramural research funding for biomedical researchers, primarily in the USA and some awards for international researchers.
Open Access Policy: The NIH Public Access policy requires that all grantees submit or have submitted for them to the National Library of Medicine’s PubMed Central an electronic version of their final, peer-reviewed manuscripts upon acceptance for publication, to be made publicly available no later than 12 months after the official date of publication. Publication costs, including author fees, may be charged to NIH grants and contracts on three conditions: (1) such costs incurred are actual, allowable, and reasonable to advance the objectives of the award; (2) costs are charged consistently regardless of the source of support; (3) all other applicable rules on allowability of costs are met.
