If NH-INBRE supported your research in any way, naming us — by grant number — in your papers, posters, and talks is the single most valuable thing you can do for the program's continued funding.
Why it Matters
NIH's IDeA program, which funds NH-INBRE, is under constant pressure to justify its budget. The clearest evidence it can offer is a track record of funded work — and the easiest way to show that is a paper or poster that names NH-INBRE and its grant number.
Acknowledging our support costs you nothing and takes a sentence. It's also the most valuable thing you can do for the program, since it's how NH-INBRE and IDeA demonstrate productivity when their funding is reviewed.
When to Acknowledge NH-INBRE
Include the acknowledgment in any publication, presentation, poster, or press release where any of the following is true:
- Your work was directly funded by NH-INBRE as a project.
- You received supplies through RSTG support or the equipment exchange.
- You employed students funded through RSTG.
- You used equipment provided by NH-INBRE — through direct funding, RSTG funding, or the equipment exchange.
- You used lab or office space whose renovation NH-INBRE supported.
- You accessed journal articles through Dartmouth Library access that NH-INBRE provided.
- You used shared resources at Dartmouth or UNH, including UNH's bioinformatics core.
- You worked with students who completed lab safety training through Dartmouth's EH&S system.
Only one of these needs to apply. When in doubt, acknowledge — it never hurts your paper and it always helps the program.
The Acknowledgment Text
Use this exact wording, including the grant number. The number is what's searched on for administrative reporting, so it matters more than the surrounding sentence.
“Research supported by New Hampshire- INBRE through an Institutional Development Award (IDeA), P20GM103506, from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences of the NIH”.
Complying with the NIH Public Access Policy
If your work was funded by NIH, the Public Access Policy requires you to submit the final peer-reviewed manuscript to PubMed Central (PMC) immediately upon acceptance. A valid PMCID confirms the submission went through — it's your proof of compliance.
- Check whether your journal submits automatically
NIH maintains a list of journals by submission method. If yours is listed as automatic, PMC deposit happens without any action from you. - If it doesn't, follow your journal's submission method
Some journals will submit to PMC on your behalf only if your manuscript acknowledges NIH grant support — another reason the acknowledgment text above matters. - Confirm the submission yourself
You're responsible for making sure the paper reaches PMC, whatever your journal's process. Don't assume it happened — check. - Record the PMCID
Once accepted, PMC assigns a PMCID. That's the record NH-INBRE and NIH use to verify compliance.
Resources: the NIH Public Access site (publicaccess.nih.gov) walks through submission in detail, and Dartmouth's Office of Sponsored Projects has a short presentation on the policy and MyNCBI: Publication Compliance (.pptx).
For questions on the above policies contact Jennifer J. Therriault, NH-INBRE Program Manager at Jennifer.J.Therriault@Dartmouth.edu