OVPR works closely with Harvard’s sponsored programs (OSP, ORA, and SPA) and other university colleagues to develop internal guidance and updated templates for our researchers and administrative staff that address changes in disclosure requirements. For the most recent updates and follow-up to the May 20, 2021 Research Management Meeting (RMM), see the links below. 

• Update: NIH Submissions for Due Dates Before and After January 25, 2022 
• FAQs: Changes to NIH Biosketch and Other Support (PDF) 

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Updated Biographical Sketch and Other Support Format Pages Available Now and Required January 2022

Source: NIH Staff post

As announced in March, updated biosketch and other support format pages and instructions are available for use in applications, Just-in-Time (JIT) Reports, and Research Performance Progress Reports (RPPRs). Use of the new format pages is preferred immediately and required for due dates and submissions on or after January 25, 2022 (NOT-OD-21-110). This represents a change from the original May 25, 2021 requirement date for the updated formats and other support signatures. Applicants and recipients can use this time to align their systems and processes with the new formats and instructions. Failure to follow the appropriate formats on or after January 25, 2022 may cause NIH to withdraw applications from or delay consideration of funding.

Applicants and recipients remain responsible for disclosing all research endeavors regardless of the version of the forms used, including:

• Supporting documentation, which includes copies of contracts, grants or any other agreement specific to senior/key personnel foreign appointments and/or employment with a foreign institution for all foreign activities and resources that are reported in Other Support. If the contracts, grants or other agreements are not in English, recipients must provide translated copies.
• Immediate notification of undisclosed Other Support. When a recipient organization discovers that a PI or other Senior/Key personnel on an active NIH grant failed to disclose Other Support information outside of Just-in-Time or the RPPR, as applicable, the recipient must submit updated Other Support to the Grants Management Specialist named in the Notice of Award as soon as it becomes known.

See our Biosketch and Other Support pages for additional information.