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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'>Why is the NIH proving more successful in achieving compliance with its open access policy than the Wellcome Trust (which currently has a compliance rate of 55%).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'>- The initial NIH voluntary policy saw compliance rates of 19%.</span><br><br><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'>-The mandatory policy (introduced in April 2008) saw compliance grow to 49% by the end of 2008, 70% by the end of 2009 and currently stands at 75%.</span><br><br><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'>-In order to increase compliance the NIH has a) engaged in awareness programs; b) improved its ability to track papers resulting from NIH research awards; c) developed new systems to assist sponsored research offices at universities and medical research centres in tracking their compliance; d) improved the submission process for authors by i) co-opting publishers to deposit for authors and ii) introducing the <a href="http://www.nihms.nih.gov/">NIH Manuscript Submission System</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'>One noteworthy point is that, while the NIH clearly takes a close interest in compliance levels, it does not collect statistics on enforcement actions. With the growth in compliance now apparently levelling off at NIH, this would surely be useful information — and not just for NIH itself, but also for other funders like the Wellcome Trust and Research Councils UK (<a href="http://www.rcuk.ac.uk/Pages/Home.aspx">RCUK</a>), both of whom are currently looking to <a href="http://www.openscholarship.org/jcms/c_7297/new-stronger-uk-research-councils-policy-on-open-access">beef up</a> their open access policies.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><a href="http://poynder.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/open-access-mandates-ensuring.html">http://poynder.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/open-access-mandates-ensuring.html</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>