[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 162 (Monday, August 25, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41397-41398]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-16218]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Supporting Fairness and Originality in NIH Research Applications

AGENCY: National Institutes of Health, HHS.

ACTION: Notice; correction.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Health and Human Services, National 
Institutes of Health published a Notice in the Federal Register on 
August 5, 2025. That notice requires a correction in the SUPPLEMENTARY 
INFORMATION section.

DATES: This policy is effective for applications submitted to the 
September 25, 2025, receipt date and beyond.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Further information about this policy 
notice may be directed to Dr. Lyric Jorgenson, NIH Office of Science 
Policy, at (301) 496-6837 or ([email protected]).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Correction

    In the Federal Register of August 5, 2025, in FR Doc. 2025-14744, 
on page 37531, as found within the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section. 
Currently reads ``https:l/grants.nih.govlgrants/policylnihgps/html5/
section_2/2.1.2_recipient staffhtm'' and is corrected to read: 
``https://grants.nih.gov/grants/policy/nihgps/html5/section_2/
2.1.2_recipient_staff.htm''. Also ``https:/lgrants.nih.govlgrants/
policy/nihgps/html5/section_4/4.1.27_research misconduct.htm'' and is 
corrected to read: ``https://grants.nih.gov/grants/

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policy/nihgps/html5/section_4/4.1.27_research_misconduct.htm''.

Policy

    NIH will not consider applications that are either substantially 
developed by AI, or contain sections substantially developed by AI, to 
be original ideas of applicants. If the detection of AI is identified 
post award, NIH may refer the matter to the Office of Research 
Integrity to determine whether there is research misconduct while 
simultaneously taking enforcement actions (see: https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-2/subtitle-A/chapter-II/part-200/subpart-D/subject-group-ECFR86b76dde0e1e9dc/section-200.339) including but not limited to 
disallowing costs, withholding future awards, wholly or in part 
suspending the grant, and possible termination.
    NIH will only accept six new, renewal, resubmission, or revision 
applications from an individual Principal Investigator/Program Director 
or Multiple Principal Investigator for all council rounds in a calendar 
year. This policy applies to all activity codes except T activity codes 
and R13 Conference Grant Applications. Based on recent data, this limit 
will affect a relatively small number of Principal Investigators while 
enabling the NIH to maintain consistently high-quality grant 
application review and appropriately steward taxpayer dollars.

Alycia Booth,
NIH Federal Register Certifying Official, National Institutes of 
Health.
[FR Doc. 2025-16218 Filed 8-22-25; 8:45 am]
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