Policy notices published in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts supersede information in the NIH Grants Policy Statement. Compliance with these policy updates become a term and condition of award. NIH incorporates these notices into the annual update of the NIH Grants Policy Statement.  Below is a listing of selected policy notices.

 

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January 2017 

January 19	Registration Open for the Spring 2017 NIH Regionals Seminar on Program Funding & Grant Administration – New Orleans, Louisiana
January 19	Notice of the Publication of the Final Rule on the Federal Policy for the Protections of Human Subjects (Common Rule)
January 19	NIH Implementation of the Interim-RPPR while a Renewal Application is Under Consideration
January 13	Reminder: New Appendix policy for NIH/AHRQ/NIOSH Applications submitted for Due Dates On or After January 25, 2017
January 11	Inauguration Day (January 20, 2017) Impact on NIH Grant Application Due Dates and Support
January 4	NIH & AHRQ Update Font Guidelines for Applications to Due Dates On or After January 25, 2017

 

December 2016 

December 21	Change to Standard Due Dates for Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award Individual Predoctoral Fellowships to Promote Diversity in Health Related Research (F31 - Diversity)
December 21	Notice of Change to PA-17-078 "Administrative Supplement for Research on Sex/Gender Influences (Admin Supp)"
December 16	Notice of Extension of Effective Date for Final NIH Policy on the Use of a Single Institutional Review Board for Multi-Site Research
December 15	New to the NIH Grants Process? NIH Announces 2017 NIH Regional Seminar Locations in New Orleans, LA and Baltimore, MD
December 15	Revised SF424 (R&R) Application Guides and Supplemental Instructions Available
December 15	Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards (NRSA) Postdoctoral Stipends, Training Related Expenses, Institutional Allowances and Tuition/Fees Effective FY17
December 8	Notice of Extension of the Response Date for NOT-OD-17-015 “Strategies for NIH Data Management, Sharing and Citation”
December 1	Reminder: Annual Reports to the Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare due January 31, 2017

November 2016 

November 23	NIH Implementation of Final Research Performance Progress Report (Final RPPR)
November 17	Publication of the Revised NIH Grants Policy Statement (Rev. November 2016) for FY 2017
November 7	Adjustments to Stipend Levels for Postdoctoral Trainees and Fellows on Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards (NRSA)
November 4	Additional Awardees Eligible for PA-16-289”Research Supplements to Promote Re-Entry into Biomedical and Behavioral Research (Admin Supplement)
November 4	Additional Awardees Eligible for PA-16-288”Research Supplements to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research (Admin Supplement)

October 2016 

October 25	Reports on Site Visits to the National Primate Research Centers and Federally Supported Chimpanzee Sanctuary
October 21	Notice of Extension of the Response Date for NOT-OD-17-006 Including Preprints and Interim Research Products in NIH Applications and Reports
October 18	Request for Information: Research Supplement to Promote Workforce Diversity in Small Businesses
October 14	Reminder: NIH Natural Disaster Policy – Hurricane Matthew
October 7	NIH Operates Under a Continuing Resolution
October 6	Request for information (RFI): Including Preprints and Interim Research Products in NIH Applications and Reports
October 6	Optional Electronic Submission Method to Request to Submit an Unsolicited Application that will exceed $500,000 in Direct Costs

September 2016 

September 28	NIH Peer Review Online Briefings for Fellowship and R01 Grant Applicants, and Basic Research Grant Applicants and Reviewers
October 7	NIH Operates Under a Continuing Resolution
October 6	Request for information (RFI): Including Preprints and Interim Research Products in NIH Applications and Reports
October 6	Optional Electronic Submission Method to Request to Submit an Unsolicited Application that will exceed $500,000 in Direct Costs

September 28	NIH Peer Review Online Briefings for Fellowship and R01 Grant Applicants, and Basic Research Grant Applicants and Reviewers
September 16	NIH Policy on the Dissemination of NIH-Funded Clinical Trial Information
September 16	Policy on Good Clinical Practice Training for NIH Awardees in NIH-funded Clinical Trials
September 16	Policy on Funding Opportunity Announcements (FOA) for Clinical Trials
September 9	Notice of Correction to PA-16-309 “Ruth L. Kitschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Predoctoral Fellowship (Parent F31)”
September 8	Optional Electronic Method to Request Withdrawal of Applications from Consideration for Funding

August 19	Reminder: NIH Natural Disaster Policy – Flooding in Louisiana
August 12	Changes to the NIH/AHRQ/NIOSH Policy on Post-Submission Materials for Applications Submitted for Due Dates On or After January 25, 2017
August 12	New Policy Eliminates Most Appendix Material for NIH/AHRQ/NIOSH Applications Submitted for Due Dates On or after January 25, 2017
August 10	Revised: Projected FY 17 Stipend Levels for Postdoctoral Trainees and Fellows on NRSA Awards
August 9	Notice of Extension of the Response Date for NOT-OD-16-128 “Request for Public Comment on the Proposed Changes to the NIH Guidelines for Human Stem Cell Research and the Proposed Scope of an NIH Steering Committee’s Consideration of Certain Human-Animal Chimera Research”
August 5	NIH Offers Assistance to Phase II HHS SBIR and STTR Awardees through the NIH Commercialization Accelerator Program
August 4	Request for Public Comment on the Proposed Changes to the NIH Guidelines for Human Stem Cell Research and the Proposed Scope of an NIH Steering Committee’s Consideration of Certain Human-Animal Chimera Research
August 2	Rescission of NOT-OD-16-088 “Notice of Intent to Release Names of NIH-Funded Research Project Personnel in the NIH Research Portfolio Online Reporting Tools Expenditures and Results (REPORTER) System”
August 2	Notice of Change in Animal Welfare Assurance Numbering System

July 2016