Archive for October, 2025
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NIH Asks For Input on Ways the Agency Could Control Costs
The University of California recently submitted a response to NIH’s Request for Information on Maximizing Research Funds by Limiting Allowable Publishing Costs. In this Request for Information (RFI), NIH asked for input on ways the agency could control costs, particularly with regard to limiting the amount of grant funds that could be spent on article processing charges (APCs). In its response, UC did not support any of the five options for such savings as suggested by NIH in the RFI, predicting that APC caps would shift costs onto authors rather than reducing the amount that publishers charge, and could “unintentionally […]
