# Public Access Submission System (PASS)

**Source**: https://pass.jhu.edu/
**Parent**: https://dataservices.library.jhu.edu/resources/

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PASS is designed to help you easily publish your article openly for anyone in the world to read.

Submit an Article Manuscript with PASS

 [Get Started](https://app.pass.jhu.edu/)

## How PASS Works

*search*

Find your Journal

After your paper has been accepted for publication, PASS can help with next steps.

*upload\_file*

Submit a Manuscript

Simultaneously send your manuscript to multiple repositories seamlessly.

*cloud\_upload*

Manuscript is Deposited

PASS will deposit your manuscript into PubMed Central and JScholarship with no additional fees or forms required.

## Why Use Pass?

[Learn More](https://pass.jhu.edu/benefits/)

## Easy Submission

Send an article manuscript to [PubMed Central](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/) via NIHMS and [JScholarship](https://jscholarship.library.jhu.edu/) seamlessly, at the same time.

## One-Stop Compliance

Adhere to the [JHU Open Access policy](https://provost.jhu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Open-Access-Policy-in-template-v4-02-11-2022.pdf) [pdf] and public access policies required by some granting organizations.

## No Fees

Avoid paying hefty article processing charges to your publisher to make your publication open to the public.

## Supported Granting Organizations

Submit a manuscript using PASS for deposit to PubMed Central via NIH Manuscript Submission System (NIHMS).

- ACL – Administration for Community Living
- AHRQ – Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
- ASPR – Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response
- Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
- CDC – Centers for Disease Control
- EPA – Environmental Protection Agency
- VA – Department of Veteran Affairs
- FDA – Food and Drug Administration
- HHMI- Howard Hughes Medical Institute
- NIH – National Institutes of Health