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Maximizing the Value of Foreign Collaborations While Safeguarding U.S. Investments The National Institutes of Health (NIH), the nation’s primary medical research agency, recently issued guidance on the use of international subcontractors in NIH-funded research. This announcement reflects NIH’s dual mission: advancing health outcomes for Americans while ensuring responsible stewardship of U.S. taxpayer dollars. While global […]

Enhancing Innovation, Collaboration, and Impact Autoimmune diseases are one of the most significant and complex public health challenges of our time. Affecting an estimated 23.5 to 50 million Americans, these conditions range from rheumatoid arthritis and type 1 diabetes to multiple sclerosis and lupus, impacting nearly every organ system and disproportionately affecting women (over 80%

NIH just released NOT-OD-25-132: “Supporting Fairness and Originality in NIH Research Applications.” There are two major changes that will shape how you plan and submit proposals beginning September 25, 2025: Originality & AI: NIH reiterates that applications must be the investigators’ original work and flags risks from AI-generated text (e.g., plagiarism, fabricated citations). Institutions should