Helping To Protect the Privacy of Participants in Non-NIH Funded Research

You likely know that for human-participant research funded wholly or in part by NIH, we automatically issue Certificates of Confidentiality (CoCs) as a term and condition of award. CoCs protect identifiable, sensitive information of people who participate from being disclosed to others not associated with the study. More about the CoC policy can be found on this blog and podcast. But, for human-participant research funded by an entity other than NIH, did you know that you can reach out to us to request a CoC as well? We offer this service for certain non-NIH funded projects to strengthen the privacy protections afforded to people involved in research studies. As with all CoCs, the protections for data or biospecimens collected under an active CoC issued for a non-NIH funded project also continue in perpetuity. To obtain a CoC for a non-NIH funded project, investigators may request one through the eRA CoC System. NIH will ensure the research meets a number of requirements, including ensuring that the activity is actually research, that it falls within the mission of NIH or HHS, and that at least one institution or performance site is within the U.S or some of the data will be maintained within the U.S.  On average, it takes about two days to process requests, though some can take longer. See our FAQs on Certificates for Non-NIH, Federally Funded Research and Certificates for Non-Federally Funded Research to learn more. CoC requests come in for projects supported by many diff...
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