What is the Timeline?
August 25, 2022: OSTP Public Access memo published (aka: Nelson Memo)
February 21, 2023: Federal agencies with more then $100 million in research expenditures must submit their new or updated public access policies for review.
August 20, 2023: Federal agencies with less than $100 million in research expenditures must submit their new or updated public access policies for review.
December 31, 2024: Deadline for all agencies to submit their final public access policies.
December 31, 2025: New and updated public access policies will be in effect no later than this date - affecting all researchers applying for funding.
December 31, 2026: Deadline for all agencies to submit their final policies on implementing** Scientific and Research Integrity: Identifiers for Researchers
December 31, 2027: New polices for implementing Scientific and Research Integrity: Identifiers for Researchers will be in effect no later than this date.
**Federally funded researchers will be instructed to obtain a Digital Persistent Identifier (DPI) that meets the common/core standards of a digital persistent identifier service defined in the NSPM-33 Implementation Guidance, and include it in published research outputs.
From Bernard Becker Medical Library, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis: https://becker.wustl.edu/news/upcoming-federal-public-access-policies/
