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Agency Requirements
The table below contains an overview of federal agency requirements for data sharing. For the most up to date information about various funder requirements visit the SPARC community resource on Data Sharing requirements by clicking the link below this table.
| Funding Agency | Timeline to Make Article Public | Timeline to Make Data Public | Article Repository | Data Repository |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Administration for Community Living/National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (ACL/NIDILRR) | 12 months | With article publication | PubMed Central | Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPRS) |
| 12 months | With article publication | PubMed Central | Commercial repository | |
| Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) | 12 months | With article and/or within 30 months of collection | PubMed Central | Publicly accessible repository |
| Center for Disease Control (CDC) | 12 months | With article publication and/or within 30 months of collection | CDC Stacks | National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) or CDC WONDER |
| US Department of Defense (DOD) | 12 months | Within a reasonable timeframe | Defense Technical Information Center | Publicly accessible repository |
| US Department of Energy (DOE) | 12 months | With article publication | Public Access Gateway for Energy and Science | Depends on office within DOE |
| US Department of Transportation (DOT) | 12 months | With article publication | National Transportation Library | Publicly accessible repository |
| Food and Drug Administration (FDA) | 12 months | With article publication | PubMed Central | Disciplinary data repositories, where available |
| Institute of Education Science (IES) | 12 months | With article publication | ERIC | Not addressed |
| 12 months | 12 months | Not addressed | Not addressed | |
| National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) | 12 months | With article publication | PubSpace (NASA branded portal of PubMed Central) | NASA Archives or other repository |
| National Institute of Health (NIH) | 12 months | With article publication | PubMed Central | Multiple solutions including NIH-supported repositories |
| National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) | 12 months | With article publication, for supporting data | PubMed Central | EDI registry of datasets |
| National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) | 12 months | With article publication, for supporting data, or within 2 years of collection | NOAA Institutional Repository, using CDC Stacks | Multiple solutions (short term) + NOAA Data Centers (long term) |
| National Science Foundation (NSF) | 12 months | TBD | NSF Public Access Repository | An “appropriate repository” |
| Smithsonian Institution (SI) | 12 months | 12 months from collection | Smithsonian Research Online | Smithsonian-managed and/or Smithsonian-approved repository |
| US Department of Agriculture (USDA) | 12 months | TBD | PubAg | USDA registry of datasets, other repository options |
| US Agency for International Development (USAID) | Not addressed | Within 12 months of publication or patent is pending | Not addressed | USAID repository: Development Data Library, or other appropriate repository |
| US Geological Survey (USGS) | 12 months | Immediately following data verification and approval | Internal USGS Information Product Data System - Dark Archive | Approved USGS Server |
| US Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) | 12 months | TBD | PubMed Central | Partner with HHS, NIH, FDA, and DoD on "effective mechanisms" |