Key Dates

Related Announcements

• February 21, 2023 - Request for Information on the NIH Plan to Enhance Public Access to the Results of NIH-Supported Research. See Notice NOT-OD-23-091.

Issued by

Office of The Director, National Institutes of Health (OD)

Purpose

NIH seeks public input on the NIH Plan to Increase Findability and Transparency of Research Results Through the Use of Metadata and Persistent Identifiers (NIH Metadata and Persistent Identifiers Plan). The NIH Metadata and Persistent Identifiers Plan outlines actions to create and make publicly available information uniquely identifying research outputs and information related to who conducted the research, where the research was conducted, when the research was conducted, and how the research was funded. This plan is an update to section IV, “Mechanisms to Increase Findability and Transparency of Research” of the NIH Plan to Enhance Public Access to the Results of NIH-Supported Research and addresses expectations from the fourth section of the 2022 White House Office of Science and Technology (OSTP) Memorandum on Ensuring Free, Immediate, and Equitable Access to Federally Funded Research.

Request for Information

NIH seeks information regarding the NIH Metadata and Persistent Identifiers Plan from all interested individuals and communities, including, but not limited to, investigators, research institutions, libraries, scholarly publishers, scientific societies, healthcare providers, patients, students, educators, research participants, and other members of the public. 

How to Submit a Response

Comments must be submitted through the online form found here.  Responses will be accepted through February 21, 2025.

Responses to this RFI are voluntary and may be submitted anonymously. You may also voluntarily include your name and contact information with your response. Other than your name and contact information, please do not include in the response any personally identifiable information or any information that you do not wish to make public. Proprietary, classified, confidential, or sensitive information should not be included in your response. After the Office of Science Policy (OSP) has finished reviewing the responses, the responses may be posted to the OSP website without redaction.

Inquiries

Please direct all inquiries to:

NIH Office of Science Policy

[email protected]