NOT-OD-25-104 Updated NIH Policy on Foreign Subawards (5/1/25): "Effective with the date of this notice and until the details of the new foreign collaboration award structure are released, NIH will not issue awards to domestic or foreign entities (new, renewal or non-competing continuation), that include a subaward to a foreign entity. Additionally, NIH will no longer accept prior approval requests to add a new foreign component or subaward to an ongoing project."
More information and guidance
"Foreign Justification" attachment on NIH grants (4/18/25): In the Questionnaire labeled "S2S FAT & Flat", there is the following question: Does this project involve activities outside of the United States or partnerships with international collaborators? Respond YES if the project includes a foreign component. If YES:
- Enter the countries with which international cooperative activities are involved.
- The "briefly explain" field is optional but will print to the Other Project Information form if entered.
- A Foreign Justification attachment is required. In the body of the text, begin the section with a heading indicating “Foreign Justification” and name the file “Foreign Justification.” Upload it to the attachment type Other and enter Foreign Justification in the description field.
This requirement/instruction is not new and is being enforced. See NIH NOT-OD-25-098. There is no eCommons or KR validation for this attachment. NIH R-series proposal checklist.
NIH NOT-OD-25-085 (4/3/25) - Guidance on Salary Limitation for Grants and Cooperative Agreements FY 2025
IMPORTANT - NIH F- and T-series (Fellowship and Training proposals/awards):
- If applying to a parent Fellowship opportunity for the April 8 or May 7, 2025, standard due date, you must use FORMS-H application forms and instructions.
- If applying to a non-parent Fellowship opportunity, you must use FORMS-I application forms and instructions.
- Training grant proposals - Recruitment Plans to Enhance Diversity are no longer required.
- Training grant proposals - FORMS-I Training data tables 6a, 6b, and 7 have been revised to remove calculations for % underrepresented minorities. This link has new information as of 3/18/25.
- Training grant reporting - A Trainee Diversity Report for institutional training grants, career development awards, and most research education grants is no longer required in Research Performance Progress Reports (RPPRs) and should not be included.
New NIH resource: Implementation of New Initiatives and Policies - Keep up with the "status of changes impacting NIH grants process and plans for implementing new initiatives and policies." One highlight - Forms I application instructions have been updated as of March 2025.
Training/Guidance about upcoming changes to the NIH Biographical Sketch and Other Support Changes - A Guide to NIH’s changes. The NIH has postponed the implementation date for these new forms. The ORCID, SciENcv, and eRA Commons steps can be taken now, even though the new Biosketch and Other Support forms will be implemented later this year. REQUEST ACCESS to this file to view the guidance: NIH Bio Sketch and OS Changes 5.25.25.pptx - and learn how to obtain an ORCiD ID, log into ScENcv, and link to eRA Commons.
SPA Notices Archive: Reminders, updates, and announcements from past months
