NIH revises the Grants Policy Statement (from COGR)

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) published the revised NIH Grants Policy Statement (NIHGPS, rev. 10/1/2010) today, October 15, 2010.  The Notice appears in the NIH Guide at http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-11-003.html .  This revision is applicable to all NIH grants and cooperative agreements with budget periods beginning on or after October 1, 2010.

The NIHGPS provides up-to-date policy guidance that serves as NIH standard terms and conditions of awards for grants and cooperative agreements.  This revision incorporates NIH policy changes since the December 2003 version, policy clarifications, public policy changes, terminology changes, new chapters, chapter revisions, reorganization of the document, as well as other document enhancements such as a new chapter numbering schema. Some sections have been rewritten to provide clarity; however, the overall policies in these sections have not changed.   A document is available that summarizes the significant changes that are implemented with the October 1, 2010.  There is a link to the summary document in the Guide notice (NOT-OD-11-003).