Provision Language
ARTICLE 15. Scientific Publications and Press Releases.
A. The Parties shall jointly agree on a publication plan for the Study Data derived from studies executed under this Agreement. This publication plan will identify key new Data to be disclosed or presented and the target date for finalizing any related scientific abstract or manuscript. As part of its Quarterly Program Reviews, the Awardee will share the publication plan with the Government.
B. The Parties will jointly develop each abstract or manuscript and agree on the authorship and the content of the final draft to be submitted; provided that authorship for each abstract and manuscript will be determined based on whether a particular individual made a significant contribution to the conceptualization, design, execution, or interpretation of a research study, as authorship is defined in the fifth edition of the Guidelines and Policies for the Conduct of Research in the Intramural Research Program at NIH, available at: https://oir.nih.gov/sites/default/files/uploads/sourcebook/documents/ethical_conduct/guidelines conduct_ research.pdf.
C. Prior to submission for publication, the Parties shall provide drafts of proposed publications to the authors of such publications for review and comment, and shall provide copies to non-authors for viewing purposes. Review periods are ten (10) business days for abstracts, or less than ten (10) business days if agreed by Project Managers and in order to meet publication submission deadlines. Review periods are twenty (20) calendar days for manuscripts. Contributing parties shall be appropriately accredited in any publication.