Reminder to Address Inclusion of Individuals Across the Lifespan in Grant Applications

Effective for due dates January 25, 2019 or later, keep in
mind the following changes to your applications and progress reports.

Applications must address the age-appropriate inclusion or
exclusion of individuals in the proposed research project by including:

A description of plans for including individuals across the lifespan, including a rationale for selecting the specific age rangeAn acceptable justification for the exclusion, if individuals will be excluded from the research based on age

For progress reports for awards from
applications due Jan. 25th and later, to improve access to
age-related information and better understand study outcomes across age groups:

Submit de-identified participant-level data on sex/gender, race, ethnicity, and age at enrollment in progress reports.

As we announced through this guide
notice and recent
Open Mike blog, the Inclusion of Children Policy has been expanded to
individuals of all ages. The revised policy, now known as the Inclusion Across
the Lifespan policy, requires individuals of all ages (including children and
older adults) be included in clinical research studies unless there are
scientific or ethical reasons to exclude them.  The policy applies to
competing applications submitted for due dates January 25, 2019 or later,
contract solicitations issued or after this date, and intramural studies
initiated after this date.

Learn more about the Inclusion Across the Lifespan policy on
our webpage
and this “Al...

Source: NIH Extramural Nexus - February 6, 2019 Category: Research Authors: NIH Staff Tags: Policy Inclusion inclusion across the lifespan progress report Source Type: funding