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Penn ranks among the top recipients of competitive research grants and receives more than $1.2B in external awards annually. The Office of Research Services works to ensure that these funds are properly administered and provides assistance to Penn’s principal investigators and business administrators.
Mass Spectrometer

A mass spectromotist checks for air bubbles in an injection vial.

GRASP Lab

A graduate student with Penn Engineering conducts research with the GRASP Lab’s quadrotors.

Museum Artifact Lab

A researcher examines part of the collection in the Penn Museum’s Artifact Lab.

Singh Center

The Krishna P. Singh Center for Nanotechnology is a premier facility that integrates state-of-the-art nanotechnology equipment.

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February 15, 2021
Federal

Disclosure Requirements for Federal Sponsors

Different agencies have different requirements for how to disclose other support and outside activities. The following table may be useful to help determine what should be disclosed to federal sponsors
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Federal
July 21, 2020
Federal NIH

NIH Guidance on the Disclosure of Other Support, Foreign Relationships and Activities, and Conflicts of Interest

NIH has released information describing actions that NIH, institutions, and researchers can take to protect U.S. biomedical intellectual innovation, including disclosure requirements related to foreign relationships and activities.
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Federal NIH
February 24, 2020
Federal NIH

New NIH Requirements for Research with Human Fetal Tissue effective

In June 2019, HHS released a statement on changes to regulations and the NIH Grants Policy Statement (GPS) related to research involving human fetal tissue (HFT). This new regulations apply to proposal submissions for due dates on or after Sept. 25, 2019 and solicitations issued after Sept. 25, 2019.
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Federal NIH
February 24, 2020
Export Compliance Federal

New Guidance on Global Engagement

The Office of Research Services, in collaboration with Penn Global and the Office of the Vice Provost for Research, has developed new guidance to assist Penn faculty and staff with useful information, best practices, and regulatory requirements when developing and managing foreign collaborations and hosting foreign visitors.
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Export Compliance Federal
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