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NIH Strengthens Oversight of Foreign Research Collaborations

NIH has outlined new requirements for supporting research conducted abroad, focusing on strong justification, clear benefit to U.S. health, and accountability for funds. Read more »Key Points:

NIH Publishes Plan to Drive Gold Standard Science

NIH has unveiled a new plan to strengthen gold standard science specifically emphasizing rigor, integrity, and transparency in all research activities. The plan integrates nine core tenets adopted by the U.S. Government and highlights NIH’s commitment to ensuring research is objective, credible,…

NIH UPDATE: Applications with Foreign Subrecipients Allowed Until 9/24/2025

NIH has updated questions number 6 and number 7 on the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) on Foreign Subaward Policy P

OSR UPDATE: 499 Illinois Now an On-Campus Building

The UCSF On vs. Off-Campus Building List has been updated with new building 499 Illinois in Mission Bay is On-Campus as of October 2024.

OSR UPDATE: OSR Public Website is Up

UCSF Web Services is updating all UCSF managed websites to Drupal 10 as part of a “Lift & Shift” migration program.  The osr.ucsf.edu (OSR public site) is part of the third wave of this

Stay Up-To-Date with NIH Guide Notices and the Implementation and Policies Webpage

Here are several ways to stay on top of NIH guide notices, updates and changes:

New ARPA-H Resource

The ARPA-H Resource webpage

CACTAS Release December 16 2024

The CACTAS system was updated on Dec. 16, 2024

NIH Extramural NEXUS October 4 Open Mike: The How and Why of Recovery of Grant Funds

Dr. Michael Lauer, NIH Deputy Director of Extramural Research, provides examples of integrity concerns (e.g., undisclosed scientific and/or budgetary overlaps or acts of research misconduct) that would prompt NIH to investigate and/or recoup grant funds. See the October 4, 2024 Open Mike blog…