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NIH Proposals and RPPR Required to Disclose Foreign Activities and Resources Effective 5/25/21

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.

Please be aware of this change to NIH’s Biographical Sketch and Other Support Format Page AND RPPR effective May 25, 2021:

https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-21-073.html

NOTE the following excerpt:

Supporting Documentation: For Other Support submissions that include foreign activities and resources, recipients are required to submit copies of contracts, grants or any other agreement specific to senior/key personnel foreign appointments and/or employment with a foreign institution as supporting documentation. If they are not in English, recipients must provide translated copies. This supporting documentation must be provided as part of the Other Support PDF following the Other Support Format page.