Updates to Guidance on Science and Security Webpage

New Due Date for NIH Biosketch & Other Support Formats

National Institutes of Health (NIH) released Notice NOT-OD-21-110 which describes the implementation of the updated Other Support and Biosketch format pages and associated instructions, as outlined in NOT-OD-21-073. The updated forms for both will be required for use with applications and Research Performance Progress Reports (RPPR) submitted for due dates on or after January 25, 2022. Please note the new due date requiring the changes; however, it is highly recommended that you start using the new materials now.

Key NIH Resources

• NIH Biosketch format pages and instructions and FAQs
• NIH Other Support format pages and FAQs
• NOT-OD-19-114 – Reminders of NIH Policies on Other Support
• NIH Standard Due Dates

Updated Training & Resources on Science & Security Webpage

The Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and partnering research support offices have reviewed the new requirements and provided new and updated training and resources to the Office of Sponsored Research (OSR) Guidance on Science and Security Webpage. Below is a summary of the key updates.

Updates to Background & Related Policies and Procedures

• CSET A New Institutional Approach to Research Security in the United States
• OSTP Disclosure Policies and Recommended Practices February 2021
• JCORE Research Security Best Practices January 2021
• FDP NSF Foreign Influence Management Session – August 2020
• See more here

Updates to Sponsor Specific

New NIH Guidance

• Updated: NIH Other Support Template – May 2021
• New Resource: UNC Other Support Sample – May 2021
• New Resource: UNC Supplemental Info on NIH Other Support – May 2021
• See more here

Updates to FAQs

• Additional General FAQs
• New Resource: NIH Other Support FAQs

Update to Training

• Presentation: Updated NIH Other Support and Biosketch Information

Updates to Forms and Tools

• New Section: Other Support and Biosketch

Other UNC Related Resources

• Other Support Tool – update to NIH template coming soon
• SPO Knows: Best Practices with NIH Other Support
• Guidance on Foreign Influence

Additional related guidance is available on the UNC Research webpage as well as the Guidance memo from the Vice Chancellor for Research on foreign influence concerns.

For questions on this announcement, please contact OSR at ResAdminOSR@unc.edu.