# NSF Public Access Repository (NSF-PAR) System Updates October 10, 2023 Dear Colleagues, Please see the communication below from the National Science Foundation: "Effective October 2, 2023, the National Science Foundation (NSF) updated the NSF Public Access Repository (NSF-PAR) system with a new, streamlined submission workflow enabling NSF award recipients to add and manage journal articles, conference papers, conference proceedings, datasets, and workshop reports as separate and distinct products, and allowing products with a digital object identifier (DOI) from Crossref.org or DataCite.org to integrate seamlessly into the NSF-PAR. **There are no changes to NSF’s Public Access policy or project reporting requirements.** Here's what you need to know: - Conference proceedings and workshop reports are new product types in the NSF-PAR. The NSF-PAR search and filter feature has been updated to include all five supported product types. - The streamlined NSF-PAR workflow includes easy-to-use add, update, and delete functionality for each product type. - Journal articles, conference papers, and conference proceedings can be added to the NSF-PAR with or without a DOI. - Journal article and conference paper metadata auto-populated using a DOI or entered manually in the NSF-PAR will be auto-populated in NSF project reports. Dataset metadata entered in the NSF-PAR with a DOI will also be auto-populated in NSF project reports. A new *Adding Research Products to NSF-PAR and NSF Project Reports* guide will be available on the Research.gov [About Public Access](https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.research.gov_research-2Dportal_appmanager_base_desktop-3F-5Fnfpb-3Dtrue-26-5FpageLabel-3Dresearch-5Fnode-5Fdisplay-26-5FnodePath-3D_researchGov_Service_Desktop_AboutPublicAccess.html&d=DwMFAg&c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&r=IvZRuWZAs_Uy8yYEfGyvzaiB7mtLW4H22xD-1bsjxEs&m=a1w2MnOPvwF14noSR55ttCFeagNu5dwPukvXs0Qa0tp8VdE66jAOIb0YULSXk0k-&s=RWBwxWnrHVp_BoMnv4vy87AN3N0dU4IjpX-7EQvDs0c&e=) page. Visit the [NSF Public Access Initiative](https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__beta.nsf.gov_public-2Daccess&d=DwMFAg&c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&r=IvZRuWZAs_Uy8yYEfGyvzaiB7mtLW4H22xD-1bsjxEs&m=a1w2MnOPvwF14noSR55ttCFeagNu5dwPukvXs0Qa0tp8VdE66jAOIb0YULSXk0k-&s=0XVLGI7nmzUHM6PVKcnFfyCXK9gEVCujk5bOUcULGEc&e=) page for additional information including the [NSF Public Access Plan 2.0 - Ensuring Open, Immediate and Equitable Access to National Science Foundation Funded Research](https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__nsf-2Dgov-2Dresources.nsf.gov_2023-2D06_NSF23104.pdf-3FVersionId-3DcSTD31SSPUEkM-5FVm25HSlgZBDeiPvzdQ&d=DwMFAg&c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&r=IvZRuWZAs_Uy8yYEfGyvzaiB7mtLW4H22xD-1bsjxEs&m=a1w2MnOPvwF14noSR55ttCFeagNu5dwPukvXs0Qa0tp8VdE66jAOIb0YULSXk0k-&s=7ZR7SsWVlZl80vdlc3rk0CrLUGmR5deWz5coYrjvZrU&e=) released earlier this year and to learn more about open science. **Questions?** If you have IT system-related questions, please contact the NSF Help Desk at 1-800-381-1532 (7:00 AM - 9:00 PM ET; Monday - Friday except federal holidays) or via . Policy-related questions should be directed to . Regards, Division of Information Systems National Science Foundation"