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" ... Publications  ... As of February 2015, AHRQ requires that authors submit the final peer-reviewed accepted journal manuscripts to PubMed Central (PMC). The AHRQ “will accept the final published article [instead of the manuscript], provided the awardee can ensure AHRQ has the rights to make the published version public.” The articles must be available no later than 12 months following publication. Data ... As of October 2015, AHRQ-funded researchers “will be required to include a data management plan for sharing final research data in digital format, or state why data sharing is not possible.” The policy focuses on data “necessary to validate research findings including data sets used to support scholarly publications.” AHRQ will contract with a commercial repository that will accept and manage the data ..."