Data utilization/sharing/transfer

Data generated from all contractual/ drug trial projects (where the funding agency pays per patient) are owned by the funding agencies. Funding agencies such as US Government agencies like National Institute of Health (NIH) and Wellcome Trust insist on publication of the research findings in open access journals (which do not charge users for electronic access). While, most international funding agencies do not claim ownership of the research outcome, they should be acknowledged. In general, AIIMS believes that data of publicly funded research should be in public domain. However, this would not apply to privately funded projects.