Improving Clarity of Compliance Procedures Associated with the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Public Access Policy (NIHPAP) via Process Mapping

ABSTRACT

The University of Michigan's Taubman Health Sciences Library is a significant partner in collaborating with National Institutes of Health (NIH) grantees to maintain continued funding at our institution. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Public Access Policy (NIHPAP) requires grantees to submit final peer-reviewed journal manuscripts that arise from NIH funds to PubMed Central (PMC), the NIH open-access digital repository. Because NIH is the University of Michigan's largest research sponsor, the continuation of that funding is dependent on compliance with NIHPAP. This paper describes the development of a process map (PM) to improve clarity and efficiency in complying with NIH funding requirements.

KEYWORDS:

• performance improvement
• NIH public access policy
• process map
• funding