It is the responsibility of the NIH awardees, not publishers, to ensure compliance with this policy.
The NIH states that compliance with the Public Access Policy is free. Fees charged by journals or publishers solely for submitting the Author Accepted Manuscript (AAM) to PubMed Central are not allowable costs. However, NIH recognizes that some publishing routes involve costs, such as article processing charges (APCs), and has issued supplemental guidance on publication costs.
Additionally, there are publishers where OHSU has agreements to cover the fee for open access for OHSU-affiliated authors.
NIH encourages authors to inform journals during submission that the Author Accepted Manuscript (AAM) is subject to the NIH Public Access Policy. NIH suggests including the following statement in your submitted manuscript:
“This manuscript is the result of funding in whole or in part by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). It is subject to the NIH Public Access Policy. Through acceptance of this federal funding, NIH has been given a right to make this manuscript publicly available in PubMed Central upon the Official Date of Publication, as defined by NIH.”
