We are pleased to announce that NIH launched the new NIH Grants and Funding website this week. Designed with the needs of the extramural research community in mind, the new site is intended to enhance your journey through the NIH grants process with a modernized interface and powerful features to make finding critical information easier than ever.

These Common Disclosure Forms for the Biographical Sketch and Current and Pending (Other) Support aim to standardize disclosure requirements and processes across federal research agencies, with the goal of reducing the time and effort researchers spend providing disclosure information to federal funders and ensuring integrity throughout the research process.

We are spotlighting this issue to encourage members of the scientific community to consider the potential risks that alcohol can have on the research environment.

The NIH Loan Repayment Program offers applicants the opportunity to receive up to $100,000 towards qualified educational debt in exchange for agreeing to perform NIH mission-relevant research. Applications for FY 2025 LRP awards are open now through November 21, 2024.

On October 1, NIH is adding several new Data Management and Sharing (DMS) questions to Research Performance Progress Reports (RPPRs) and updating the process for submitting revised DMS Plans to NIH for review.

Later this fall, NIH will post version FORMS-I of our grant application forms and training data table format pages to support the changes coming to NIH application and peer review for due dates on or after January 25, 2025. In the meantime, here are a few resources which provide insight into what’s changing.

NIH has issued an implementation update for data management and access practices under the Genomic Data Sharing (GDS) Policy which introduces updated security standards for Approved Users of controlled-access data shared under the NIH GDS Policy and for repositories and/or systems storing or providing access to these data. The updates will take effect on January 25, 2025.

If you are a grant administrator or investigator with limited knowledge of the grants process, and eager to start building a better foundation in your role of working with the NIH, register for this two-part virtual event today!

NIH is simplifying review for most research project grants starting with applications submitted for due dates on January 25, 2025. This NIH All About Grants podcast episode will discuss a few facets of Simplified Review Framework to keep in mind. We will hear directly from Drs. Stephanie Constant, NIH’s Review Policy Officer, and Lisa Steele, Chief of the Epidemiology and Population Health Branch within the NIH Center for Scientific Review.