On August 25, 2022, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) issued a memorandum titled "Ensuring Free, Immediate, and Equitable Access to Federally Funded Research." This guidance has widely become known as The Nelson Memo or the OSTP Memo.
Main Highlights:
Key federal agency policy development and implementation dates:
| 2013 Holdren Memo | 2022 Nelson Memo |
|---|---|
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Articles must be made publicly available no later than 12 months after publication |
Articles must be made publicly available immediately upon publication
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| Data from unclassified research should be made publicly available | Research data associated with peer-reviewed publications must be made publicly available upon publication. All data from federally funded projects should be publicly accessible as well. |
| Applicable only to funding agencies with more than $100 million in R&D budget | Applicable to all federal funding agencies |
| Applies to peer-reviewed manuscripts | Applies to peer-reviewed manuscripts, peer-reviewed book chapters, editorials, and peer-reviewed conference papers published in other scholarly outlets |
| Allows the inclusion of appropriate costs for data management and access in proposals | Allows the inclusion of publication, data curation, and archiving costs in research budgets |
Adapted from the University of Arizona Libraries Office of Science and Technology (OSTP)/Nelson Memo (2022) under a CC BY 4.0 license.
