Public Access Requirements

Most of MSU’s Federal awards require publicly sharing research publications, and agencies are in various stages of implementing requirements for data sharing. Researchers are encouraged to review the award agreement for specific requirements by project. To learn about agency requirements, visit the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) website. It includes a unique search engine to compare up to three agencies at a time and read about the requirements on one page.

To learn about sponsor-specific public access requirements, please visit the DMS Sponsor Requirements webpage. For information related to the 2024 NIH Public Access Policy, which went into effect on July 1, 2025, please see this update to the MSU research community. The full NIH announcement can be accessed here: NOT-OD-25-047. An FAQ related to the NIH Public Access Policy (by Author's Alliance) is available here.

Contacts at MSU

Area of Focus	Contact	Phone	Email
Data Sharing Requirements https://lib.msu.edu/rdmg/ https://lib.msu.edu/rdmg/resources/ https://lib.msu.edu/rdmg/servcat/	Please refer to the liaisons listed on the MSU Libraries webpages linked at left.	Please refer to the liaisons listed on the MSU Libraries webpages linked at left.	Please refer to the liaisons listed on the MSU Libraries webpages linked at left.
Scholarly Communication How does MSU support open access publishing? Federal Public Access Policies	Susan Kendall Head of Collection Strategies, MSU Libraries	517-884-0902	skendall@msu.edu

Area of Focus

Contact

Phone

Data Sharing Requirements

https://lib.msu.edu/rdmg/

https://lib.msu.edu/rdmg/resources/

https://lib.msu.edu/rdmg/servcat/

Please refer to the liaisons listed on the MSU Libraries webpages linked at left.

Scholarly Communication

How does MSU support open access publishing?

Federal Public Access Policies

Susan Kendall
Head of Collection Strategies,
MSU Libraries