2026 Conference Materials

Navigating the publishing process as a federally funded author

Brooks, Katherine Claire; Jackson, Esther M.; Pope, Kathryn H.

This presentation detailed the critical updates driven by the "Nelson Memo," specifically the elimination of the 12-month embargo for all articles resulting from NIH funding accepted on or after July 1, 2025, which must now be made immediately available in PubMed Central. The presentation also demonstrated how to publish Open Access without depleting grant funds by utilizing Columbia’s "Read & Publish" agreements with major publishers