Announcements

Update on Access Issues Affecting the UK Research Website

A change to UK Research website URLs may be causing some visitors to receive error messages. Click for solutions.

Updated USDA Research Priorities, Terms and Conditions

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has released two programmatic updates on the agency’s research priorities and on the terms and conditions for agency-funded grants.

NIH Requires New Common Forms for Biosketch and Other Support Beginning January 25, 2026

Beginning with applications and Research Performance Progress Reports (RPPRs) due on or after January 25, 2026, National Institutes of Health (NIH) will require use of the new Common Forms for Biosketch and Current & Pending Support documents.

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.

2025 Federal Government Shutdown

At midnight on Oct. 1, 2025, the federal government partially shut down. Resources and FAQs on the impact of the partial federal government shutdown to research will be updated as they become available.

NIH Projects with Foreign Components and NIH Highlighted Topics

Guidance from the NIH on foreign components (from Sept 12, 2025 notice) and the new Highlighted Topics page.

Comment on NIH publication cost options by Sept 15

NIH is currently taking comment on publication costs with multiple proposed options.

CITI Research Security Training due Oct 1

To comply with National Security Presidential Memorandum 33 and the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022, all investigators currently engaged in research on a federally funded award or submitting a federally funded proposal are required to complete research security training by October 1, 2025.

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