Upcoming Changes to the Biographical Sketch and Other Support Format Page for Due Dates on or after May 25, 2021
Notice Number: NOT-OD-21-073
Release Date: March 12, 2021
Effective Date: May 25, 2021
Issued by: NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (NIH)
Purpose: In an effort to support strong collaboration between Federal research agencies, NIH has made every effort to align the Biographical Sketch (Biosketch), Other Support format page and Application Form Instructions with the guidance issued by the Office of Science and Technology Policy Joint Committee on the Research Environment.
As a result, this Guide Notice informs the extramural community that 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.
The updated forms and instructions will be required for use for applications and Research Performance Progress Reports (RPPR) submitted for due dates on or after May 25, 2021.
The revisions serve as updates to the Biosketch and Other Support format page templates used as attachments in our current Forms-F application packages and RPPRs. The forms updates do not change the policies for Biosketch or Other Support.
The full notice, which includes descriptions of all changes, instructions, and links to format pages, samples and FAQs, is available at https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-21-073.html.
