This video provides 5 tips for compliance with the Department of Educations Public Access Policy. The policy states that grantees and contractors must submit the electronic version of their final manuscripts to ERIC upon acceptance for publication in a peer-reviewed journal or as a final deliverable by the Department. The author's final manuscript is defined as the final version accepted for publication (or delivery) and includes all modifications from the peer (or program office) review process. ERIC makes citation of submitted studies available shortly after submission. ERIC makes the final manuscript available 12 months after the publication of the article, unless the publisher allows for earlier display. Grantees and contractors should ensure that publishing agreements stemming from IES-funded research, including copyright assignments with publishers or other third parties, are consistent with the requirements of this policy.
This public access requirement applies to most peer-reviewed publications supported through IES research and training program grants and contracts since FY 2012. Specifically, the requirement applies to peer-reviewed, original scholarly publications that have been supported in whole or in part with direct funding from IES, although it does not apply to book chapters, editorials, reviews, or non-peer-reviewed conference proceedings. For cases in which IES has not published the findings from a research contract, contractors must submit any peer-reviewed scholarly publications to ERIC. Researchers receiving grants or contracts prior to FY 2012 are encouraged, but not required, to submit publications from IES-funded grants and contracts to ERIC. Researchers who author publications that are published by IES do not need to submit their work to ERIC.
Learn more about the policy: https://ies.ed.gov/funding/researchaccess.asp
