On Tuesday, October 17, 2023, NIFA and the National Agricultural Library provided an informational webinar on Departmental Regulation (DR) 1020-006, involving public access to scholarly publication and digital scientific research data assets. This webinar provided details on how to meet the requirement to submit final, peer-reviewed, accepted manuscripts to PubAg, the USDA public access archive system.
All NIFA awardees and contractors who are engaged in USDA-supported scientific research are encouraged to watch the webinar recording and review the presentation. Public access is a critical part of the USDA and NIFA’s support of Open Science. Departmental Regulation (DR) 1020-006 makes all peer-reviewed, scholarly publications and digital scientific research data assets arising from unclassified scientific research, supported wholly or in part by the USDA, accessible to the public to the extent practicable. DR 1020-006 implementation began in FY 2023 (October 1, 2022) and applies to NIFA awards, contracts, and cooperative agreements.
For more information, please visit the Public Access for NIFA-Funded Work | NIFA (usda.gov) page. For additional information, please contact electronic@usda.gov.