The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has  issued a Request for Information (RFI) in the NIH Guide to Grants and Contracts to solicit public input on proposed key provisions that could serve as the foundation for a future NIH policy for data management and sharing. The feedback obtained will help to inform the development of a draft NIH policy for data management and sharing, which is expected to be released for an additional public comment period upon its development.

• Futher information about the request for information, key provisions, and making submissions is available here.


• NIH Associate Director for Science Policy, Dr Carrie D. Wolinetz, discusses the important of stakeholder feedback on data sharing here. 


• A webinar on the proposed key provisions on will be held on November 7, 2018, from 11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. ET 


• Comments on the proposed key provisions will be accepted through December 10, 2018.

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