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Announcing New NIH International Collaborative Project Resources
In September 2025, the NIH released NOT-OD-25-155 establishing a new process for proposals and awards that include NIH-funded international collaborations. Currently, all competing applications that involve an NIH-funded international collaborator must...

New Self-Paced Course: Harvard’s Capital Equipment Policy
Dear Research Administrators, A new training course, Harvard’s Capital Equipment Policy (University-wide), is now available. This self-paced course provides an overview of Harvard's Capital Equipment Policy for all staff involved in sponsored research...

NIH Update: $25K Subaward Threshold and Required Adjustments 
NIH has issued Notice NOT-OD-26-072, which rescinds prior notices and advises that the $25,000 Modified Total Direct Costs (MTDC) threshold for outgoing subawards remains in effect. The previously communicated $50,000 MTDC threshold no longer applies to...

NIH Common Forms Update
Per NOT-OD-26-079 , the leniency period previously communicated in NOT-OD-26-033 as being in effect through May 2026 will now end on May 7, 2026. Use of the Common Forms for Biographical Sketch, Current and Pending (Other) Support, and NIH Biographical...

New Self-Paced Course: Export Controls for Administrators
Dear Research Administrators, A new training course, Export Controls for Administrators (University-wide), is now available. This self-paced course introduces Administrators to key U.S. Export Control and Sanctions regulations that may affect University...

Federal Public Access Policy Sessions
On December 31, 2025, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) memorandum on Ensuring Free, Immediate, and Equitable Access to Federally Funded Research [PDF] went into full effect. As a result, federally funded research, including...

Two Upcoming Live Zoom Trainings in March
Dear Research Administrators, We hope you can join us for two upcoming live Zoom training sessions this March: Ozzy’s OSP Learning Lens: Spotlight on the New Sponsored Journaling Guidance Friday, March 6 | 1:00–2:00 PM ET OSP’s Christyne Anderson and...