NIH makes research studies publicly available
The National Institutes of Health all NIH-funded research published in scientific journals must be made publicly accessible immediately upon release. The move a policy enacted in 2024 and originally set to begin in December. Previously, many NIH-funded studies in journals were password-protected and not widely available to nonsubscribers. The NIH says making the research publicly accessible immediately upon release will increase confidence in NIH-funded research and ensure investments made by taxpayers 鈥減roduce replicable, reproducible and generalizable results that benefit all Americans.鈥 (NIH , 7/3/25)