This post was written by Tim Vollmer, Anna Sackmann, and Elliott Smith
Are you a UC Berkeley faculty or researcher publishing results arising through federal grant funding?
Starting in 2026, research funded by all federal agencies will be made freely and immediately available to the public, with no embargo. Some agencies have already updated their public access plans, including the National Institutes of Health, which went into effect on July 1, 2025. All federal agencies must update their public access policies no later than December 31st, 2025.
Join UC Berkeley Library staff on Wednesday, January 14, 2026 from 1:00-2:00 pm on Zoom for an overview of federal agency public access policies affecting research publication and data, and what you need to do as an author.
RSVP for the workshop
We’ll cover essential requirements for a variety of federal agency funders such as the Department of Energy, National Institutes of Health, National Science Foundation, and more. We’ll unpack publication and data deposit procedures, review publisher challenges to compliance, and highlight related UC open access publishing support.
Participants will leave with clear takeaways on what they need to do to meet public access requirements, the tools they can utilize, and where to find ongoing support.
The workshop presentation will be recorded and distributed to registrants afterward.