Dear Extramural Research Community,

The purpose of this notice is to share with you some of the benefits of the NIH Public Access Policy and to describe the simple process by which Principal Investigators (PIs) and authors can now submit their peer‑reviewed final manuscripts to NIH's PubMed Central (PMC) at http://nihms.nih.gov/ .

A number of PIs have already submitted manuscripts and papers.  For others to enjoy the benefits of the Policy, please follow the submission process outlined below.  Through submission, PIs can fulfill the existing requirement to provide publications as part of progress reports, and integrate manuscripts into the tools of PMC thereby increasing the visibility of your research and enhancing the likelihood of early and increased citation.