On April 30th, 2025, new leadership at the NIH announced a revision to the 2024 Public Access Policy which will now go into effect July 1, 2025. This is six months earlier than the previously announced date and requires that all NIH-funded research published on July 1, 2025 or later be made publicly available in PubMed Central upon publication.
The 2024 Public Access Policy will no longer allow for a 1-year embargo on publication, and all NIH-funded research is included. For more information see our guide to the NIH Public Access Policy. Any questions, please reach out to Jeanette Aprile, the Scholarly Communications Librarian or click on Ask-a-Librarian.