Department of
Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine

NIH Compliance Policies 2026

April 20, 2026 -Updated NIH Publications Policies : Regarding Foreign Authors. 

The following actions have been taken, or are planned to ensure compliance with NIH publication policies as they relate to foreign authorship:

  • Award letters for all new projects receiving CoBRE support (including, but not limited to, Project and Pilot projects) will include the following statement:

"Principal Investigators are not permitted to use CoBRE funds to support collaborations with foreign institutions and must not attribute publications with foreign co-authors to CoBRE award P20GM144230."

o             Award letters for existing projects will be amended to include this requirement.

o             NIH publication policy requirements regarding foreign authors will be disseminated to users of all core facilities supported by CoBRE.

o             These requirements have been posted on the Visual Sciences CoBRE website, along with citation and compliance resources.

o             NIH publication policy requirements regarding foreign authors will be sent to all CoBRE members via email.

o             NIH publication policy requirements regarding foreign authors will be discussed at a CoBRE meeting and shared in writing at that time.