It turns out that I was only partly wrong. NIH as of May 2, 2005 http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-05-022.html While this has been stated as a request NIH has made contracts contingent on agreement with the policy. A similar policy is suspected to be implemented at key intramural research agencies such as NSF, DED, DOD DOE etc. ________________________________ Dr. W. Reid Cornwell The Center For Internet Research P.O. Box 6369 Breckenridge, CO 720.212.0719 (phone) 970.485.5109 (mobile) wrc@tcfir.org http://tcfir.org