On May 2, 2025, the National Science Foundation (“NSF”) issued a “Policy Notice: Implementation of Standard 15% Indirect Cost Rate” (NSF 25-034) (hereinafter “Policy Notice”) adopting a uniform 15% Indirect Cost Rate (“IDC”)...more
From removing diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives to suspending foreign aid and canceling federal funding, it is clear that the current administration is drastically changing the landscape of government-funded...more
On February 7, the National Institutes of Health (“NIH”) issued a Notice (NOT-OD-25-068) entitled “Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates” (the “Notice”), though which NIH announced...more
On July 10, 2023, the European Commission (“Commission”), which oversees and implements policies and laws of the European Union (“EU”), adopted an adequacy decision for the long-awaited EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework...more
Pharmaceutical companies that have provided investigational drugs to patients under the Right to Try law should be prepared to comply with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) reporting requirements by March 31,...more
On July 1, 2022, the Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP) published a draft guidance document for public comment on the “Use of a Single Institutional Review Board for Cooperative Research” (“Draft Guidance”)....more