Upcoming May 25, 2026 NIH Requirements Open Office Hours

NIH FY 26 Recent Policy Changes

NIH announced several changes in policy and procedures within their FY26 year. OSR is holding a brief overview of each policy change and will offer office hours to answer questions as the due date gets closer. Register for a date to receive a zoom invitation. 

Policy changes are active for NIH applications due on or after May 25, 2026.

• 2025 Biographical Sketch and Common Forms
• 2026 Research Security Training Requirements
• 2026 Data Management and Sharing Plan Update
• 2026 NIH PF5 Mechanism
• Other FY 26 NIH changes already in effect for submissions 

Registration available for Open Office hours to answer NIH Requirements 

• April 9^th This registration has closed
• April 30^th 2026 from 10:10am – 11:00am Please Register for Zoom Invitation

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Related Announcements

• 04/28/2026 NIH Enforcement of Common Forms Begins May 8, 2026 (End of Leniency Period)
• 4/03/2026 Update of NIH Late Application Submission Policy and End of Continuous Submission
• 3/13/2026 Upcoming May 25, 2026 NIH Requirements Open Office Hours

• 3/13/2026 NIH PF5 Application Notification due by March 26  (includes resources and links to presentations)

• 3/13/2026 Updated Elements of an NIH Data Management and Sharing Plan
• 3/13/2026 NIH Will No Longer Require Advanced Permission for Conference Grant Applications
• 3/13/2026 Reminder of Requirement for Certification of IRB Approval
• 2/6/2026 NIH Extends Leniency Period for Common Forms Implementation(includes past notices and links to presentations)
• 2/6/2026 NIH Removes AIDS-Specific Application Due Dates
• 9/25/2025 NOT-OD-25-132  AI and Submission Limits Guidance for NIH Applications
• 12/18/2025 Reminder: NIH Applications Must Be Complete and Compliant with NIH Policy and Application Instructions at Time of Submission
• 12/3/2026 Research Security Training Requirements for NIH
• 12/3/2026 NIH Eliminates LOIs and $500K Prior-Approval Requirement for Applications
• 11/7/2025 Federal Requirements: DOJ Bulk Data Rule and NIH Policy on Security of Human Biospecimens