OSTP: Public Access Policies for Federally Funded Research

DOT issued a Request for Information (RFI) in March 2023 to gather feedback on Increasing Public Access to the Results of USDOT-Funded Transportation Research. DOT has not yet released its Public Access Policy.

Policy Resources: DOT Public Access page

• Requires all research proposals to include a Data Management Plan (DMP).

DoT requires all funded-researchers to (based on previous policy):

• Submit electronic version of final peer-reviewed manuscripts to the agency’s National Transportation Library (NTL) digital repository 
• Deposit digital data sets resulting from DoT- funded scientific research in a publicly accessible repository.