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NOT-OD-24-115 – Publication of the Revised NIH Grants Policy Statement (Rev. April 2024) for Fiscal year 2024

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NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (NIH)

Purpose

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) announces publication of the updated NIH Grants Policy Statement (NIHGPS, rev. March 2026). The NIHGPS provides both up-to-date policy guidance that serves as NIH standard terms and conditions of award for all NIH grants and cooperative agreements, and extensive guidance to those who are interested in pursuing NIH grants.

This update incorporates new and modified requirements, clarifies certain policies, and implements changes in statutes, regulations, and policies that have been implemented through appropriate legal and/or policy processes since the previous version of the NIHGPS dated April 2024.

This version of the NIHGPS includes policies and requirements that have been published via Guide Notices in effect as of March 17, 2026. The updates published in this version of the NIHGPS consolidate all such Guide Notices and supersede the April 2024 version of the NIHGPS.

The current version of the NIHGPS, in both HTML and PDF formats, as well as previous versions of the NIHGPS and documents summarizing significant changes implemented with each revision, are available on the NIH Grants Policy website.

After the March 2026 NIHGPS is issued, NIH will continue to publish interim grants policy changes and/or clarifications through the issuance of NIH Guide Notices, available on the website, and Federal Register Notices as appropriate.

Inquiries

Please direct all inquiries to:

NIH Office of Policy for Extramural Research Administration
Division of Grants Policy
[email protected]