September 3, 2025
While some of these updates go beyond research data, recent events in the Public Access sphere are worth noting:
NIH has released a Request for Information (RFI) on limiting allowable publication costs on grant funded work. We encourage you to submit your feedback by the Sept 15 deadline.
- Not funded by NIH? Provide feedback anyway; be transparent about your position and know that the actions of one federal funder may influence the direction others take in the future.
- Want to contribute to a university response? Share your response or provide feedback to rfi-response@cornell.edu by Friday Sept 5th. We’re especially interested in hearing how you currently pay for APCs when publishing, and how much, if any, you have put in your funded budgets to cover publication fees.
Federal Agency responses to the Executive Order on Gold Standard Science were due Friday August 22. Several funders’ plans are linked here:
- NSF: National Science Foundation Implementation of Gold Standard Science
- NIH: National Institutes of Health Leading in Gold Standard Science
- DOE: Restoring Gold Standard Science DOE Implementation Plan
- USDA: Responding to and Implementing Gold Standard Science at the US Department of Agriculture
- NASA: NASA Implementation of Executive Order 14303, Restoring Gold Standard Science