NIH announced changes to the Biographical Sketch and Other Support Format Page

Upcoming Changes to the Biographical Sketch and Other Support Format Page for Due Dates on or after May 25, 2021

Notice Number:

NOT-OD-21-073

Key Dates

Release Date: March 12, 2021

Effective Date: May 25, 2021

Related Announcements

NOT-OD-19-114 - Reminders of NIH Policies on Other Support and on Policies related to Financial Conflicts of Interest and Foreign Components

Issued by

NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (NIH)

Purpose

In an effort to support strong collaboration between Federal research agencies, NIH has made every effort to align the Biographical Sketch (Biosketch), Other Support format page and Application Form Instructions with the guidance issued by the Office of Science and Technology Policy Joint Committee on the Research Environment.

As a result, this Guide Notice informs the extramural community that NIH has updated its application forms and instructions to support the need for applicants and recipients to provide full transparency and disclosure of all research activities, foreign and domestic.

The updated forms and instructions will be required for use for applications and Research Performance Progress Reports (RPPR) submitted for due dates on or after May 25, 2021. The revisions serve as updates to the Biosketch and Other Support format page templates used as attachments in our current Forms-F application packages and RPPRs. The forms updates do not change the policies for Biosketch or Other Support.

For the detailed changes made, see : https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/

Inquiries

Please direct all grants policy inquiries to:

NIH Office of Policy for Extramural Research Administration (OPERA) Division of Grants Policy grantspolicy@nih.gov

Please direct all systems/forms related inquiries to:

NIH Office of Policy for Extramural Research Administration (OPERA) Systems Policy Branch OPERAsystemspolicy@nih.gov