Regulatory Alerts

The Division of Research provides timely updates about changing regulations and policies affecting your research program and compiles them on the Regulatory Alerts webpage. The May 2023 edition of Regulatory Alerts provides updates on new safe and inclusive workplace requirements, data management plans, and support disclosure and biosketch requirements.

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As new articles are added, past editions of Regulatory Alerts will be archived online here, where you can also search topics by keyword.

Funding agencies are requiring research teams to develop plans that ensure equity and safety across all research work environments.

Proposals to the National Science Foundation, for example, now must include a plan for providing a safe and inclusive environment for field and off-campus research teams.

The U.S. Department of Energy requires applicants to submit a Promoting Inclusive and Equitable Research (PIER) Plan as an appendix to their proposal narrative.

Guidance on the requirements of these two agencies is posted online here. Guidance from other agencies will be posted to the page when available.

Federal agencies are taking numerous steps in accordance with National Security Presidential Memorandum 33 that will require additional information to be disclosed in proposals. Steps by federal agencies include:

• Expanding the types of information that must be disclosed on current and pending/other support and biosketch documents;
• Requiring investigator certification of the accuracy and completeness of this information; and
• Standardizing the reporting forms.

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Federal agencies have begun to implement data management and sharing plans in response to a directive from the Office of Science and Technology Policy that requires public access to federally funded research by December 31, 2025.

NASA and the National Institutes of Health have published plans. These instructions will be incorporated into grant guidelines. Applications that are not compliant risk return without review.

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