Fifth U.S. Open Government National Action Plan
Commitment Tracker

Commitment:

Broaden Public Access to Federally-Funded Research Findings and Data

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Progress for this commitment is tracked based on the following sub-commitment(s). You can also view the full text of this commitment.

US0116.1	Going forward, the Government commits to supporting access to Federally-funded science and data through several mechanisms, including through the National Science and Technology Council’s Subcommittee on Open Science;
Agency	Office of Science and Technology Policy, Science and Society team
Progress	The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) continues to coordinate development of agency public access plans through the Subcommittee on Open Science. All agencies with over $100 million in annual research and development expenditures have submitted their updated public access plans for OSTP review, with several publicly posting their plans for community engagement and comment. NIH Plan: https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-23-091.html AHRQ Plan: https://www.ahrq.gov/funding/policies/publicaccess/index.html NASA Plan: https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/nasa_ocs_public_access_plan_may_2023.pdf NSF Plan: https://nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/2023-06/NSF23104.pdf?VersionId=cSTD31SSPUEkM_Vm25HSlgZBDeiPvzdQ DOE Plan: https://www.energy.gov/doe-public-access-plan NIST Plan: https://www.nist.gov/open

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Going forward, the Government commits to supporting access to Federally-funded science and data through several mechanisms, including through the National Science and Technology Council’s Subcommittee on Open Science;

Agency

Office of Science and Technology Policy, Science and Society team

Progress

The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) continues to coordinate development of agency public access plans through the Subcommittee on Open Science. All agencies with over $100 million in annual research and development expenditures have submitted their updated public access plans for OSTP review, with several publicly posting their plans for community engagement and comment.

NIH Plan: https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-23-091.html
AHRQ Plan: https://www.ahrq.gov/funding/policies/publicaccess/index.html
NASA Plan: https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/nasa_ocs_public_access_plan_may_2023.pdf
NSF Plan: https://nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/2023-06/NSF23104.pdf?VersionId=cSTD31SSPUEkM_Vm25HSlgZBDeiPvzdQ
DOE Plan: https://www.energy.gov/doe-public-access-plan
NIST Plan: https://www.nist.gov/open

US0116.2	The Government commits to supporting access to Federally-funded science and data… by permitting researchers to include publication and data sharing costs in their research budget proposals to Federal grant programs;
Agency	Office of Science and Technology Policy
Progress	Included in the 2022 OSTP Public Access Memo is the guidance that, “In consultation with OMB, federal agencies should allow researchers to include reasonable publication costs and costs associated with submission, curation, management of data, and special handling instructions as allowable expenses in all research budgets.” Agencies are now working on their public access policies that allow for these reasonable costs. These policies are expected to be publicly posted by December 31, 2024 and will go into effect by December 31, 2025. To date, the National Institute of Health released updated guidance for including these costs and evidence of that guidance can be found here: https://sharing.nih.gov/data-management-and-sharing-policy/planning-and-budgeting-for-data-management-and-sharing/budgeting-for-data-management-sharing#after

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The Government commits to supporting access to Federally-funded science and data… by permitting researchers to include publication and data sharing costs in their research budget proposals to Federal grant programs;

Agency

Office of Science and Technology Policy

Progress

Included in the 2022 OSTP Public Access Memo is the guidance that, “In consultation with OMB, federal agencies should allow researchers to include reasonable publication costs and costs associated with submission, curation, management of data, and special handling instructions as allowable expenses in all research budgets.”

Agencies are now working on their public access policies that allow for these reasonable costs. These policies are expected to be publicly posted by December 31, 2024 and will go into effect by December 31, 2025. To date, the National Institute of Health released updated guidance for including these costs and evidence of that guidance can be found here:

https://sharing.nih.gov/data-management-and-sharing-policy/planning-and-budgeting-for-data-management-and-sharing/budgeting-for-data-management-sharing#after

US0116.3	The Government commits to supporting access to Federally-funded science and data… by launching programs aimed at awarding more grants to early-stage researchers as well as encouraging a diverse pool of award applicants;
Agency	National Science and Technology Council, Science and Society Team
Progress	In January 2023, the White House declared 2023 a Year of Open Science, a multi-agency initiative coordinated through the Subcommittee on Open Science to advance national open science policies (see links below). Several activities center on engaging early-stage researchers and researchers from historically excluded backgrounds, including a series of listening sessions with early career researchers to understand and elevate their needs, priorities, and experiences in advancing open science. https://open.science.gov/ https://www.whitehouse.gov/ostp/news-updates/2023/01/11/fact-sheet-biden-harris-administration-announces-new-actions-to-advance-open-and-equitable-research/ NASA Boosts Open Science through Innovative Training - NASA: https://www.nasa.gov/centers/marshall/news/releases/2023/nasa-boosts-open-science-through-innovative-training NSF Invests in Ten Open Science Research Coordination Networks to Promote Open Science: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/advancedSearchResult?PIId=&ProgRefCode=121Z

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The Government commits to supporting access to Federally-funded science and data… by launching programs aimed at awarding more grants to early-stage researchers as well as encouraging a diverse pool of award applicants;

Agency

National Science and Technology Council, Science and Society Team

Progress

In January 2023, the White House declared 2023 a Year of Open Science, a multi-agency initiative coordinated through the Subcommittee on Open Science to advance national open science policies (see links below). Several activities center on engaging early-stage researchers and researchers from historically excluded backgrounds, including a series of listening sessions with early career researchers to understand and elevate their needs, priorities, and experiences in advancing open science.

https://open.science.gov/
https://www.whitehouse.gov/ostp/news-updates/2023/01/11/fact-sheet-biden-harris-administration-announces-new-actions-to-advance-open-and-equitable-research/
NASA Boosts Open Science through Innovative Training - NASA: https://www.nasa.gov/centers/marshall/news/releases/2023/nasa-boosts-open-science-through-innovative-training
NSF Invests in Ten Open Science Research Coordination Networks to Promote Open Science: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/advancedSearchResult?PIId=&ProgRefCode=121Z

US0116.4	The Government commits to supporting access to Federally-funded science and data… by exploring new incentive structures to recognize institutions and researchers who are supporting public access to data and research.
Agency	National Science and Technology Council, Science and Society Team
Progress	As part of a Year of Open Science, Government agencies continue to engage with their stakeholder communities on strategies to advance incentives to recognize and reward open science practices. OSTP hosts listening sessions with the early career researcher community: https://www.whitehouse.gov/ostp/news-updates/2023/07/11/readout-of-ostp-open-science-listening-sessions-with-early-career-researchers/

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The Government commits to supporting access to Federally-funded science and data… by exploring new incentive structures to recognize institutions and researchers who are supporting public access to data and research.

Agency

National Science and Technology Council, Science and Society Team

Progress

As part of a Year of Open Science, Government agencies continue to engage with their stakeholder communities on strategies to advance incentives to recognize and reward open science practices.

OSTP hosts listening sessions with the early career researcher community: https://www.whitehouse.gov/ostp/news-updates/2023/07/11/readout-of-ostp-open-science-listening-sessions-with-early-career-researchers/