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The US National Science Foundation is accepting comments through 10 February on their draft\u00a0Proposal and Award Policies<\/a>\u00a0and Procedures Guide (PAPPG).<\/p>\n

As reported in December, the NSF outlined draft grant policies and procedures for 2026, including regulations to\u00a0implement\u00a0NSF’s Public Access Policy 2.0<\/a><\/strong>. The draft PAPPG includes a new requirement that grantees publish their results, provisions regarding paying publication and data sharing, license provisions and a claim that no payment is ever required to enable deposit of accepted manuscripts.<\/p>\n

Despite a recent executive order that called for a pause on the finalisation of regulations, NSF is continuing to\u00a0collect comments<\/a>, but the implementation of a final PAPPG may be delayed significantly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The US National Science Foundation is accepting comments through 10 February on their draft\u00a0Proposal and Award Policies\u00a0and Procedures Guide (PAPPG). As reported in December, the NSF outlined draft grant policies and procedures for 2026, including regulations to\u00a0implement\u00a0NSF’s Public Access Policy 2.0. 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