Per the National Institutes of Health (NIH) 2026 Grants Policy Statement, NIH investigators are now required to disclose monetary donations in their Current and Pending Other Support Form.
The NIH States: “Monetary donations given to an institution for use by named senior/key personnel that support their research activities, with an expectation from the donor that the funds be used in a specific way (e.g., pediatric cancer research), and where the donor requests periodic scientific or financial updates, must be disclosed to NIH.”
The NIH published guidance to help investigators navigate what needs to be disclosed:
Applicants and recipients must disclose donations received within the past year where the supported activities are ongoing. Activities that have ended do not need to be reported.
The following fields need to be completed for each donation disclosure listed in the Other Support:
Proposals and Active Projects
*Title: Enter a title for the donation (e.g., Donation from the Foundation for Research)
*Status of Support: Select ‘Current’
Project Award Number (if available): N/A
*Source of Support: Provide the name of the donor.
*Primary Place of Performance: Identify the primary location of the donor. Enter the City, State/Province, and Country where the organization or individual is located. If the State/Province is not applicable, enter N/A.
*Proposal/Active Project Start Date: Indicate the date (MM/YYYY) the donation was received.
*Proposal/Active Project End Date: Indicate the estimate end date (MM/YYYY) of the activities supported by the donation.
*Total Anticipated Proposal/Project Amount: Enter the total amount of the donation received at the time of disclosure. For pledge agreements, future anticipated donations should not be reported.
*Person-Month(s) (or Partial Person-Months) Per Year Devoted to the Proposal/Active Project: Enter zero months.
*Overall Objectives: Provide a brief statement outlining the purpose of the donation and describing the expectations that the donor provided to the institution. This field is limited to 1500 characters.
*Statement of Potential Overlap: Enter a description of any potential overlap between the monetary donation and any active or pending NIH funded project. If there is no potential overlap, enter “none” in this field.
* = Required
FEDERAL AGENCY ROUNDUP
Update from federal agencies for the week of 11/02/2026
- NIH released NOT-OD-27-006: Draft Policy Update to the NIH Policy for Data and Safety Monitoring.
- NIH released NOT-OD-26-092: National Death Index Linkage Access for NIH-Supported Investigators
Stay up-to-date and informed by visiting the Pitt Research Executive Orders and Federal Funding website.