NIH Acknowledgement

Any publications or projects completed using UCLA CTSI resources must cite the UCLA CTSI grant and comply with "NIH Public Access Policy" and be submitted to PubMed Central to receive a PMCID assignment.

Required Grant Citation Language

Researchers cite grant UL1TR001881 as shown below. K Scholars and TL1 trainees have alternate citations below.

Researchers cite grant UL1TR001881, as follows:
"Research reported in this [publication/project/press release] was supported by the National Center for Advancing Translational Science (NCATS) of the National Institutes of Health under the UCLA Clinical and Translational Science Institute grant number UL1TR001881."

K scholars cite grant KL2TR001882, as follows:
"Research reported in this [publication/project/press release] was supported by the National Center for Advancing Translational Science (NCATS) of the National Institutes of Health under the UCLA Clinical and Translational Science Institute grant number KL2TR001882."

TL1 trainees cite grant TL1TR001883, as follows:
"Research reported in this [publication/project/press release] was supported by the National Center for Advancing Translational Science (NCATS) of the National Institutes of Health under the UCLA Clinical and Translational Science Institute grant number TL1TR001883."


Note: If the research was supported by more than one CTSI grant, please reference all relevant grant numbers.
 

Tips for When to Acknowledge NIH Funding

Recipients should only acknowledge NIH awards on publications and other statements when the activities that contributed to that publication:

  • Directly arise from the award
    - and - 
  • Are within the scope of the award being acknowledged


When considering whether acknowledgement is necessary, ask yourself:

  • Did the personnel activity supported by the award contribute to the publication?
  • Did the award support the conduct of experiments or the analysis of data that contributed to the publication?
  • Is there a clear and apparent link between the work described in the publication with the aims and objectives of the grant?

If the answer is yes to any of these questions, cite the appropriate NIH support. For further guidance, see the detailed NIH guidelines.

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Understand NIH's Public Access Compliance Policy

Publishing federally funded research? NIH requires investigators to comply with the NIH Public Access policy. Manuscripts must be uploaded to PubMed Central (not the same as PubMed). Learn more:

NIH Public Access Compliance Instructions

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