From today scientists will be able to access a vast 
collection of biomedical research and to submit their own 
published results for inclusion in a new online resource. 
Based on a model currently used by the US National 
Institute of Health, UK PubMed Central (UKPMC) will provide 
free access to a permanent online archive of peer-reviewed 
research papers in the medical and life sciences. 
A nine-strong group of UK research funders, including JISC 
and led by the Wellcome Trust, awarded the contract to 
develop UKPMC to a partnership between the British Library, 
The University of Manchester and the European 
Bioinformatics Institute (EBI) last July.... 
Members of this group now require that articles describing 
the results of research they support are made available in 
UKPMC with the aim of maximising its impact. The UKPMC 
service will ensure that articles resulting from research 
paid for by any member of the funding consortium will be 
freely available, fully searchable and extensively linked 
to other online resources.