Behavioral Codes of Conduct for NIH Award Recipients

We are pleased to announce that the NIH Grants Policy Statement (GPS) was recently updated, replacing the December 2021 version as standard terms and conditions of award. The updated GPS applies to all awards issued on or after October 1, 2022. Consistent with longstanding federal regulations (45 CFR 75.303), institutions receiving NIH support will now be required to have internal controls to assure compliance with terms and conditions of award. These internal controls include behavioral codes of conduct to assure safe and healthful working conditions for their employees and foster work environments conducive to high-quality research. We previously established our own code of conduct for NIH staff. Codes of conduct define what is expected for staff to maintain professional behaviors, integrity, and ethical values when conducting NIH-supported research. They align with other related efforts, such as requiring safety plans for NIH-supported conferences. The Advisory Committee to the NIH Director Working Group on Changing the Culture to End Sexual Harassment recognized their value too, calling on NIH-funded institutions develop or maintain a professional code of conduct as a condition of award (see recommendation 1.1d in their December 2019 final report). The UNITE E Committee, which has been developing new initiatives to address structural racism in biomedical research, also recognized the importance of requiring recipient institutions to have behavioral codes of conduct and wa...
Source: NIH Extramural Nexus - Category: Research Authors: Tags: blog Open Mike anti-harassment Compliance GPS Source Type: funding