Grant-Compliant Options for Publishing NIH-Funded Articles with ACS

"To provide time for institutions, funders, and ACS Publications to identify long term solutions—ACS Publications is sponsoring zero-embargo green open access for NIH-funded corresponding authors who submit to our hybrid journals through July and August 2025.

This program will allow eligible authors to comply with the adjusted NIH Public Access Policy at no cost to them. This includes manuscripts already submitted and under editorial review, and all eligible submissions up to and including August 31, 2025. Eligible authors will be prompted after acceptance with the option to retain copyright of the accepted manuscript. Selecting yes will ensure they can deposit the accepted manuscript in accordance with NIH guidelines...."