NIH Issues Request for Information on Draft Proposal Harmonizing Research Participant Data Policies

December 19, 2025

NIH is requesting public input on its proposal to establish harmonized and transparent policy requirements for protecting human participant research data. Specifically, NIH proposes to:

  1. Establish policy requirements for which data should be controlled-access under NIH data sharing policies, and
  2. Revise the NIH Genomic Data Sharing Policy to simplify and harmonize requirements.

The full proposal can be found in NOT-OD-26-023. Stakeholders are invited to provide feedback on the policy proposals as described in the request for information.

Comments must be submitted electronically through the Comment Form.  Responses will be accepted through March 4, 2026. 

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