Public Access Toolkit: Home
The public access toolkit provides guidance to researchers who receive funding from U.S. federal agencies and must comply with public access mandates.
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What is Public Access?
The current specifications require that the following research outputs be made publicly and freely accessible by default in agency-designated repositories:
- All peer-reviewed scholarly publications authored by individuals resulting from federally funded research without any embargo or delay after publication.
- Scientific data underlying peer-reviewed scholarly publications resulting from federally funded research at the time of publication with exceptions to security, confidentiality, and intellectual property.