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The National Institutes of Health (NIH) released six separate program announcements for the 2023 application cycle of the NIH Loan Repayment Program (LRP).  The LRP may repay up to $50,000 of qualified student loan debt per year to outstanding health professionals who commit at least two years to conduct biomedical, behavioral, social, or clinical research, and who agree to engage in such research for an average of at least 20 hours per week based on a 40-hour work week. This includes most undergraduate, graduate, and medical school loans.

NIH’s new Data Management and Sharing Policy (NOT-OD-21-013) takes effect January 25, 2023. For a high-level overview of the Policy, see their PowerPoint presentation, Data Management & Sharing Policy Overview (June 2022).

NIH will be offering a two-part webinar series to prepare researchers and administrators for the policy implementation:

NIH recently updated its NIH Pre-award and Post-award Disclosures Relating to the Biographical Sketch and Other Support table (rev. June 8, 2022). It contains additional clarifications of where certain types of activities should be disclosed on NIH forms (i.e. the Biographical Sketch, Other Support, Annual Project Reports, etc.).