2024 NIH Public Access Policy FAQs and How the Library Can Help YOU with NIH-Award Compliance
The new implementation timeline for the 2024 NIH Public Access Policy has been accelerated by the new NIH Director from December 31, 2025 to July 1, 2025. Compliance is essential to maintain access to NIH funding opportunities.
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) first passed its Public Access Policy on April 7, 2008, in order to advance science and improve human health. To help comply with this revised Public Access Policy, JH Libraries have compiled a FAQ about the NIH Public Access Policy.
Please have a look at our PDF of 2024 NIH Public Access Policy FAQs below. For more information on the 2024 NIH Public Access Policy, please feel free to reach out to Scholarly Communications Librarian, Nancy Shin, at nshin4@jhu.edu.
Flowchart of How to Comply Starting with Journal Selection to Author Accepted Manuscript Deposit into NIHMS
