Publication Support Coverage:
When requested, NRAO will pay 100% of the page charges for authors at U.S. scientific or educational institutions when:

- the paper reports original observations utilizing any NRAO instrument(s).

- the paper contains original analyses of archival data and/or based on a significant amount of previously unpublished archival data.

Also, NRAO staff-authored papers, either non-observational or utilizing non-NRAO instruments, will be covered at 100% for NRAO staff.

In addition to the page charge support detailed above, NRAO may, in some cases, support page charges for papers containing original instrumental or theoretical analyses with direct implications for existing or planned NRAO facilities. Implications for the design of planned NRAO facilities, and the management, reduction, analysis, or interpretation of data from existing or planned NRAO facilities should be specified in the text. These requests will only be considered on a case-by-case basis.

For questions on apportionment of page charges or to discuss page charge support, please contact the Observatory Librarian at library@nrao.edu or 434-296-0254. Special appeals will be refereed.

Publication Support Requirements:
Within the Paper:
1. The publication must include, as a footnote or acknowledgement the following statement: "The National Radio Astronomy Observatory is a facility of the National Science Foundation operated under cooperative agreement by Associated Universities, Inc."

2. Papers using archival data must specify, in the text, the instrument, the original observation date, and the original Program Code / Proposal Number.

In an email (library@nrao.edu) to the Observatory Librarian, the Author must provide:
3. Program Code(s) / Proposal Number(s) for the observations reported in the paper (may be added to the paper, if desired).

4. The astro-ph link or an electronic copy of the paper with publication information and the requested apportionment of page charges.

5. Page Charge forms or e-mail notifications for non-AAS journals must be sent to the Observatory Librarian for approval and processing.

Page charge invoices received with no supporting paperwork will not be paid.

NOTE: NRAO Adjunct scientific staff should note their affiliation with the Observatory as, "[YOUR NAME] is also an Adjunct Astronomer at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory."

NOTE: Non-resident Jansky Fellows should list National Radio Astronomy Observatory as their first institutional affiliation and their host institution as their second affiliation. All Jansky Fellows should include a footnote stating "[YOUR NAME] is a Jansky Fellow of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory."

All NRAO scientific and engineering staff, as well as visitors who have used an NRAO instrument or archival data, are expected to notify the Observatory Librarian of all papers submitted for publication, regardless of whether page support is requested.

These data are used for NRAO publication statistics as well as to compile the “Annual Bibliography of Staff and Visitor Publications” appended to NRAO's annual Statistical Observing Summary sent to the National Science Foundation and the “Publications” section of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory Quarterly Report.

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