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2025
Reminder About Inclusion of Participants in Clinical Research
NIH continues to follow all laws (e.g., 42 USC 289a-2) and existing NIH policies that help NIH ensure clinical research includes the appropriate participant demographics to make certain the scientific question under study is addressed in a robust and generalizable manner.
New NIH Foreign Subaward Structure Enhances Integrity, Accountability, Oversight, and National Security of NIH Funded Research
Effective with the next NIH award cycle, all NIH-funded research involving foreign subawards must be structured as subprojects directly linked to the prime award. Foreign subawards are prohibited from being nested under the parent grant.
Accelerating Implementation of the NIH 2024 Public Access Policy
NIH has announced that the 2024 NIH Public Access Policy will now go into effect on July 1, 2025.
Certificate of Confidentiality (CoC) System is Temporarily Unavailable
NIH is currently undergoing a renewal of the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) approval for the NIH Certificate of Confidentiality (CoC) system. NIH will not be accepting requests to the CoC system or Institutional Official verifications for non-NIH funded research during this time.
Reminder: Application Requirements for Projects Involving Activities Outside of the United States or Partnerships with International Collaborators
NIH would like to remind the extramural research community about long-standing application requirements for projects involving activities outside of the United States or partnerships with international collaborators.
New Home for Extramural Nexus on the NIH Grants and Funding Website
Your source for NIH grants news has moved to the NIH Grants and Funding website, creating a one-stop shop for your journey through the grants process! The Extramural Nexus news content is now next to the policy and process resources you need.