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Follow COGR on LinkedIn 6/10/26Science ‘Weird and capricious’: Experts struggle to understand new list of political jobs at science agencies The list is “weird and capricious,” says Carrie Wolinetz, a lobbyist with Lewis-Burke Associates and former chief of staff to Francis Collins when he was director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). One…
Read MoreForthcoming Revisions to NASA Disclosure Forms
Dear Colleagues: I am forwarding the update from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) below regarding a new Research Security Training attestation. Beginning August 5, 2026, an attestation will be required, to be completed by signing a certification included in the updated NASA Biographical Sketch and Current and Pending (Other) Support forms. Advance copies…
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Follow COGR on LinkedIn 6/8/26Inside Higher Ed Police Remove Researchers From Diabetes Conference Police removed five researchers from the annual American Diabetes Association meeting in New Orleans on Friday as they distributed copies of an editorial criticizing the Trump administration for decimating America’s biomedical research enterprise, MedPage Today first reported . Washington PostSee also Diabetes…
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Follow COGR on LinkedIn 6/5/26Nature Europe is ditching US tech — what does this mean for researchers? European governments are choosing European digital tools — and some universities and researchers are doing the same….Several European countries have already been moving away from US technologies, and some researchers are feeling the effects of these shifts. 6/5/26Axios…
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Follow COGR on LinkedIn 6/3/26NPR President Trump seeks control of science funding Published in the Federal Register on May 29, experts say the proposed changes would both codify the administration's strategies to dismantle certain fields of study in the U.S. and lend it new authority to "advance the President's policy priorities." New York TimesSee…
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Follow COGR on LinkedIn 6/1/26Inside Higher Ed NSF Reverses Funding Freeze for Duke, Harvard and Yale The National Science Foundation has reversed its recent freeze on new grant funding for Duke, Harvard and Yale Universities, Nature reported . Limitations on new grants for Princeton University, however, remain in effect. The reversal took place on May…
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Follow COGR on LinkedIn Uniform Guidance Updates: 5/29/26Inside Higher Ed NSF Freezes New Funding for 4 Institutions As of April 9, the NSF has placed a “hold” on future awards to Duke, Harvard, Princeton and Yale Universities, according to internal agency documents obtained by Nature. Since then, minimal new funding has been allocated to those…
Read MoreFood and Drug Administration (FDA) Guidance on Safety Reporting
An archived version of this message may be found at news.research.uci.edu Human Research Protections (HRP) Institutional Review Board Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Guidance on Safety Reporting In December 2025, FDA released two final guidance documents focused on safety reporting in clinical research, replacing earlier FDA guidance issued in 2009 and 2012. Investigator Responsibilities Safety…
Read MoreChanges to the Consent Process and Biomedical Consent Template
Effective March 1, 2026: HRP has made changes to the consent process and biomedical consent template. Please note the following: HRP-090 SOP – Informed Consent Process for Research has been updated to incorporate the following changes: Removal of prior requirement that only a US licensed medical doctor or a US licensed nurse practitioner may request to finalize…
Read MoreCORRECTION: Updated Compensation for Injury Language
Institutional Review Board Human Research Protections (HRP) Updated Consent Form Templates April 29, 2025 v2 (correction) University of California Office of the President (UCOP) has updated the human subject injury language on the consent form. Injury language is required when a participant may experience injury or illness as a direct result of participation…
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