Biosafety: New NIH Transparency Guidance – April 2025
On March 28, 2025, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) issued implementation update NOT-OD-25: Promoting Maximal Transparency Under the NIH Guidelines for Research Involving Recombinant or Synthetic Nucleic Acid Molecules (external link).
This updated guidance will require institutions to publicly post approved minutes from all Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC) meetings held on or after June 1, 2025. These minutes will be posted on the institution’s website after they have been formally approved and all appropriate and allowable redactions have been made.
Also as of June 1, 2025, the NIH Office of Science Policy (OSP) will be publicly posting rosters of all active IBCs including the names of all members.
The Office of Research Compliance is aware of these updates and is in the process of reviewing and implementing them. Further information will be shared in the coming months. In the meantime, please contact us with any questions regarding biosafety or the IBC.