C. KENNETH AND DIANNE WRIGHT CENTER
FOR CLINICAL AND TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH

Citing Wright Center CTSA Support

Cite a Wright Center CTSA award only when that specific award directly supported the work being reported. If the work was supported entirely by another source or the Wright Center connection was limited to routine services, do not cite the award.   Here is a MS word version of Wright Center Citation and Public Access Guide.

A New Paradigm for Open Access

This guidance represents a major paradigm and mindset shift in how we approach research publication. It is critical that you pay close attention to these requirements, particularly if you are the Primary Investigator (PI) or First Author on research papers you are submitting for publication. The landscape of NIH compliance has changed, and your oversight is the key to our collective success.

Citation Equals Compliance Responsibility

If you cite a Wright Center CTSA award in a journal article or other product, you are representing that the award directly supported the work. This triggers significant responsibilities:

• NIH Public Access Policy: You are responsible for ensuring the article is compliant with NIH rules.
• No Embargo: For articles accepted for publication on or after July 1, 2025, NIH requires immediate open access.
• Immediate Availability: The article must be available in PubMed Central on the Official Date of Publication.
• Author Oversight: Authors must confirm the compliance pathway before submission and monitor the deposit process until complete.

 

The Author’s Primary Responsibility

Compliance is the direct responsibility of the author—the individual who holds the contract with the research journal. Because only you have that formal relationship with the publisher, only you can ensure you are in full compliance with the NIH's current open access policy. While the Wright Center is here to provide guidance and support, the primary responsibility for compliance rests with you.

⚠️ CRITICAL: Funding Risks of Non-Compliance

Why this matters: If our CTSA hub is not in compliance with the NIH open access policy, it may delay or even stop our funding renewal at the beginning of the new grant year.

The Ripple Effect: If ANY publication that cites our CTSA grant number is found to be out of compliance, the entire Wright Center hub is considered non-compliant. This jeopardizes the funding that supports our entire research community. We need you to be vigilant and help us retain our funding by ensuring every cited paper follows these rules. For that reason, we have provided a new decision tree to help you decide when to cite the grant number vs. acknowledge support (without citing the grant number).

Which Award to Cite?

If this award directly supported the work...	Use this award number
Wright Center UM1 (pilot projects, core effort)	UM1TR004360
Wright Center K12 (Scholar effort or research activity)	K12TR004364
Wright Center T32 (Trainee effort or research activity)	T32TR004362

Example Citations

The project [publication] described was [in part] supported by CTSA award No. UM1TR004360 from the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences. Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent official views of the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences or the National Institutes of Health.

If you are a KL2 Scholar, use:

The project [publication] described was supported by CTSA award No. K12TR004364 from the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences. Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health.