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Standard Award Terms and Conditions
Individual awards are based on the application submitted to, and as approved by, the NIH. All awards are subject to the terms and conditions incorporated either directly or by reference in the following:
- Grant Authorities 42 CFR Part 52
- The grant program legislation and program regulation cited in the Notice of Award.
- Conditions on activities and expenditure of funds in other statutory requirements, such as those included in appropriations acts. This also includes any recent legislation noted below.
- CFR Part 200
- 45 CFR Part 75
- National Policy Requirements and all other requirements described in the NIH Grants Policy Statement, including addenda in effect as of the beginning date of the budget period.
- Federal Award Performance Goals: As required by the periodic report in the RPPR or in the final progress report when applicable.
- The Notice of Award including all terms and conditions cited on the document or attachments.
HHS Regulations and OMB Circulars applicable to Awards issued prior to December 26, 2014
Standard Terms and Conditions made Under COVID Awards
- Reviewers will continue to receive instructions to assume that constraints arising from the COVID-19 pandemic (e.g., lab occupancy restrictions, declines in patient accrual, etc.) will be resolved during the project period and thus should not affect their scores.
- Therefore, NIH grant applications should NOT include contingency or recovery plans for problems resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. However, applicants may address effects due to the pandemic on productivity or other scoreable issues in their Personal Statement in the NIH Biosketch. Reviewers will be instructed to take these pandemic-related circumstances into account when assessing applicants' productivity and other score-driving factors.
Recent Legislation and Policy Applicable to Awards
- NDAA 223 Text - H.R.6395 - 116th Congress (2019-2020): William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 | Congress.gov | Library of Congress
- ANTI-HARRASMENT H.R. 2471 - 117th Congress (2021-2022): Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2022 | Congress.gov | Library of Congress
- NSPM 33 Presidential Memorandum on United States Government-Supported Research and Development National Security Policy – The White House (archives.gov)
- In accordance with guidance provided by the Department of Health and Human Services, funding prohibitions regarding ACORN and related entities remain in effect pending further litigation as to ACORN's First Amendment and due process claims. This is based on the decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. This guidance now supersedes that provided in the 3/16/2010 OMB Memorandum M-10-12: Memorandum For the Heads of Executive Departments and Agencies. Therefore NIH Guide Notice NOT-OD-10-024 remains in effect.
Grant Payment Information
- Grant payments will be made available through the DHHS Payment Management System (PMS). PMS is administered by the Division of Payment Management, Program Support Center (PSC), DHHS, Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary, Finance, which will forward instructions for obtaining payments. Requests for downloadable forms and inquiries regarding payment should be directed to:
| Regular Mailing Address Division of Payment Management P.O. Box 6021 Rockville, MD 20852 Telephone: (301) 443-1660 | Overnight Mailing Address U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Division of Payment Management 7700 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 920 Bethesda, MD 20814 |
OIG Hotline Information
The HHS Inspector General maintains a toll-free hotline for receiving information concerning fraud, waste or abuse under grants and cooperative agreements. Such reports are kept confidential and callers may decline to give their names if the choose to remain anonymous:
Office of Inspector General
Department of Health and Human Services
Attn: HOTLINE
PO Box 23489
Washington, DC 20026
Telephone Number: 1-800-447-8477 (1-800-HHS-TIPS)
E-mail: [email protected]
Web Address: Submit a Hotline Complaint
Note
This document is referenced in standard NIH award Terms and Conditions and is linked from the OER Grants Policy and Guidance page.