Agency Requirements
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Below you will find the agencies that we most often work with and requirements that must be fulfilled in order to be in compliance with that agency's plan. To the right you can find all other agencies that we work with and their specific requirements. If an agency has not provided information regarding repository preference you may want to check your project or grant guidelines to see if a preferred repository is mentioned. Otherwise, communicate with colleagues in your field about which data repository they use. USU has a repository DigitalCommons@USU that is available See our additional repository resources for more options. Note that all publications are embargoed for 12 months.
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Effective as of January 2016, most data should be published at time of article publication. Any remaining data should be published within a reasonable timeline. Data should be published within an appropriate repository. Publications must be archived in NSF-PAR. A simple handout is available on how to deposit NSF funded publications.
Public Access Plan | General Information | FAQ
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
Effective as of January 2016, data must be published within a reasonable time period. Data should be published USDA Ag Data Commons and have a Data Submission Guide. Publications must be archived in PubAg.
Public Access Plan | General Information | DMP Statement 2019
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Effective as of April 2008, data must be published at time of article publication. See NIH-supported repositories for publication options. Publications must be archived in PMC. For more information on NIH Public Access Policy or about how papers get into PubMed Central, click these links.
Public Access Plan | General Information | NIH sharing policies | FAQ
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Effective as of October 2015, data must be published at time of article publication. Data must be published in NASA archives or some other repository. See question 16 on FAQ 3 for more information on NASA archives. Publications must be archived in PubSpace.
Public Access Plan | General information | Useful Information | FAQ 1 | FAQ 2
Copyright Agreements
Upon publishing your article, you will complete a Copyright Transfer Agreement, which typically transfers many, if not all, of your article copyright to the publisher.
You can retain some of your rights, especially rights that allow you to deposit a version of the article in a repository.
SPARC Author Addendum: fill out and attach to any article submission to indicate which rights you wish to retain.
Repository Resources
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