{"id":10222,"date":"2026-02-10T11:21:48","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T16:21:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/ora\/?p=10222"},"modified":"2026-02-10T11:21:49","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T16:21:49","slug":"update-national-science-foundation-policy-update-nsf-pappg-24-1-supplement-2-effective-january-22-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/ora\/2026\/02\/10\/update-national-science-foundation-policy-update-nsf-pappg-24-1-supplement-2-effective-january-22-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"UPDATE: National Science Foundation Policy Update (NSF PAPPG 24-1 Supplement 2) &#8211; Effective January 22, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The U.S. National Science Foundation has posted a policy notice, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/policies\/document\/pappg24-1-supplement-2\"><strong>NSF PAPPG 24-1 Supplement 2<\/strong><\/a>, that applies to all financial assistance awards issued on or after <strong>January 22, 2026<\/strong>. These changes are geared to support greater transparency, access, and reuse of NSF-funded research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Major policy changes include:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Public Access to Research Products<\/strong> \u2013 these changes align NSF\u2019s public access system with broader federal and scholarly communication expectations.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>No 12-month embargo on publications \u2013 deposits are required at the time of publication.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Author Accepted Manuscripts (AAMs) and Version of Record (VORs) are accepted in NSF\u2019s Public Access Repository (PAR).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Publications must be available with machine-readable XML metadata.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>PAR Identifiers now function like persistent IDs (similar to DOIs).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Research.gov Project Reporting<\/strong> \u2013 this improves linkage between reported outcomes and public access repositories\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Project reports will automatically populate PAR persistent identifiers and metadata for publications and other projects.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Direct dataset entry in project reports is prohibited \u2013 datasets should instead be archived with persistent IDs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Data Management and Sharing Plan<\/strong> \u2013 these revisions reinforce timely data sharing in accordance with federal public access policies.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>DMSPs must eventually be created using the new Researh.gov data sharing tool (expected release is April 27, 2026).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>All data supporting NSF-funded publications must be shared at time of publication, unless justified in the DMSP.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have questions about how this update may affect your NSF award(s) please contact the Office of Research Administration (ORA) by email at <a href=\"mailto:ora@maine.edu\"><strong>ora@maine.edu<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. National Science Foundation has posted a policy notice, NSF PAPPG 24-1 Supplement 2, that applies to all financial assistance awards issued on or after January 22, 2026. These changes are geared to support greater transparency, access, and reuse of NSF-funded research. Major policy changes include: If you have questions about how this update [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2511,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","spc_primary_category":0},"categories":[71],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10222","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-updateguidelinespolicy"],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":71,"label":"Guidelines\/Policy Update"}]},"featured_image_src_large":false,"author_info":{"display_name":"abugbee","author_link":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/ora\/author\/abugbee\/"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":71,"name":"Guidelines\/Policy Update","slug":"updateguidelinespolicy","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":71,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":6,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":71,"category_count":6,"category_description":"","cat_name":"Guidelines\/Policy Update","category_nicename":"updateguidelinespolicy","category_parent":0}],"tag_info":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/ora\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10222","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/ora\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/ora\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/ora\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2511"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/ora\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10222"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/ora\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10222\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10227,"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/ora\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10222\/revisions\/10227"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/ora\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10222"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/ora\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10222"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/ora\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}