West Virginia Prevention Research Center

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PRC Acknowledgement and Disclaimer for PRC Materials

We would like to let you know that in the terms and conditions of the notice of award from CDC’s Procurement and Grants Office, all communications produced under a CDC cooperative agreement must bear an acknowledgment and disclaimer, as appropriate. This requirement applies to Special Interest Projects as well. The award document recommends the following statements:

Purpose of Acknowledgement

We recommend additional standard wording for making reference to CDC and the PRC Program in printed materials, booklets, in presentations (including presentation announcements and slides) and on websites. A correct and complete acknowledgment will accomplish at least three things:

  1. Ensures the program is appropriately credited for work it supports.
  2. Helps the PRC office track research results in the published literature.
  3. Prevents misuse of identifiers, which reflects poorly on the program.

Cooperative Agreement Number

Please acknowledge the PRC Program by name and cooperative agreement number on all communications (such as presentations, websites, scientific posters and brochures) concerning Core, Special Interest and other-funded projects associated with the PRC. We recommend that even for research largely supported by other funders, the PRC Program be credited for that contribution to the project. Therefore, please acknowledge the PRC Program and the cooperative agreement in the list of supporters.

“This publication [report, survey instrument, journal article, etc.] is a product of the West Virginia Prevention Research Center and was supported by Cooperative Agreement Number U48-DP-006391 from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The findings and conclusions in this report [journal article, etc.] are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official position of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.”

Copyright Interests Provision

Author agrees to submit into the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Manuscript Submission (NIHMS) system an electronic version of the final, peer-reviewed manuscript of any such work developed under this award upon acceptance for publication, to be made publicly available no later than 12 months after the official date of publication.

Recipient or recipient’s submitting author must also post the manuscript through PMC within 12 months of the publishers official date of final publication.