The NIH intends to limit allowable publication costs for NIH-funded authors. What might that policy look like in practice? The NIH has described five options, from disallowing all publication costs (in the style of the Gates Foundation) to setting limits on costs per publication or a limit on the total amount of an award that can be spent on publication.
View a 10-min overview of the NIH’s RFI and proposed options for APC reimbursement, presented by Kate Nyhan.
Yale’s provostial team is seeking feedback from individuals to inform the institutional response until September 8.
Please share your thoughts on the NIH’s “Request for Information on Maximizing Research Funds by Limiting Allowable Publishing Costs”.