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ACKNOWLEDGING FEDERAL FUNDING

Recipients should only acknowledge NIH awards on publications and other statements when the activities that contributed to that publication 1) directly arise from the award; and 2) are within the scope of the award being acknowledged.  When considering whether acknowledgement is necessary, ask yourself:
  • Did the personnel activity supported by the award contribute to the publication?
  • Did the award support the conduct of experiments or the analysis of data that contributed to the publication?
  • Is there a clear and apparent link between the work described in the publication with the aims and objectives of the grant?
If the answer is yes to any of these questions, cite the appropriate NIH support.
Each publication, press release, or other document about research supported by an NIH grant must include:
  1. An acknowledgment of NIH grant support such as: "Research reported in this [publication, release] was supported by [name of the Institute, Center, or other funding component] of the National Institutes of Health under grant number [specific NIH grant number in this format: R01GM012345]."
  1. A disclaimer that says: "The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health."
NIH requires recipients to adhere to the requirements of the Steven's Amendment Public Law 101-166, Section 511, which states that HHS recipients must acknowledge Federal funding when issuing statements, press releases, requests for proposals, bid invitations, and other documents describing projects or programs funded in whole or in part with Federal money.   Recipients are required to state 1) the percentage and dollar amounts of the total program or project costs financed with Federal money and (2) the dollar amount of the total costs financed by nongovernmental sources, only for NIH programs that require cost-sharing (NIH GPS 4.2.1). 
If the recipient plans to issue a press release about research supported by an NIH grant, it should notify the NIH funding component in advance to allow for coordination. See http://www.nih.gov/news/media_contacts.htm for media contact information.  For more information on acknowledging federal funding, please visit the NIH Grants Policy Statement 8.2.1 and the NIH Guidance.