Current NIH Requests for Comment

  • (NOT-MH-26-090) NIMH is seeking input on strategies to advance research and real-world evidence for rapid-acting psychotropic interventions for serious mental illnesses and related brain disorders. Provide comments by November 9
  •  (NOT-GM-26-012) NIGMS is seeking input on potential changes to the timing of post-award prior approval requests for IDeA program projects, including designated submission periods instead of the current rolling process. Provide comments by December 4.
  • (NOT-OD-26-118) NIH is seeking recommendations for reducing administrative burden across the extramural research enterprise, including opportunities to simplify requirements and eliminate duplicative processes. Provide comments by December 8.
  • (NOT-OD-27-001) NIH is seeking feedback on proposed annual reporting of all live vertebrate animals used in PHS Policy-covered activities, including animal numbers by species and pain and distress category. Institutional reports would be made publicly available. Provide comments by December 21.
  • (NOT-OD-26-113) NIH has released a draft policy that would require researchers conducting NIH-supported clinical research to share summary-level study results with participants in plain language, unless an approved exception applies. The proposed policy would apply broadly to NIH-supported clinical research, including clinical trials. Provide comments by October 26.