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December 2025 The IRB Review Newsletter

December edition now available

November 2025 The IRB Review Newsletter

November edition now available

NIH’s Implementation of Common Forms for Due Dates on or after January 25, 2026

To support strong collaboration between federal research agencies, the NIH is adopting the Common Forms for Biographical Sketch and Current and Pending (Other) Support. An NIH notice, issued Dec. 2, 2025, provides details for the Common Forms, NIH Biographical Sketch Supplement and instructions required for application due dates and Research Performance Progress Report (RPPR) submissions on or after January 25, 2026.

Research Security Training Requirements for NIH

Dec. 2, 2025, NIH put out a notice on NIH implementation of the Research Security Training (RST) requirements outlined in the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022. Each covered individual listed on an NIH grant application must certify that they have completed RST within 12 months of the date of application submission.

UK eIRB to OnCore integration for researchers launches Dec. 3

On Dec. 3, 2025 a new integration between UK eIRB and OnCore will automatically create approved IRs, CRs, MRs and closure records in OnCore.

Updated Eligibility Criteria for UK Reliance Agreements

UK is updating Reliance Agreement eligibility criteria for multi-site research to be reviewed and approved by a single IRB, to also include non-federally funded research conducted at multiple sites under the same research protocol.

November 2025 RCR Newsletter

The November issue of the RCR Newsletter is available now.

November 2025 The IRB Review Newsletter

November edition now available

PDO Thanksgiving Holiday Closure

PDO will be closed Thursday, November 27th, and Friday, November 28th, in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday. The office will reopen at 8 a.m. on Monday, December 1st. Please arrange for any needed PDO assistance ahead of time to ensure timely proposal support. Happy Thanksgiving!

Electronic Research Notebook (ERN) Webinars - Spring 2026

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