May 1, 2025

四虎影院to update policies and practices guiding subawards

The 四虎影院鈥檚 mission is powered by the public鈥檚 investment. As such, 四虎影院continually seeks ways to improve transparency in all that we do, especially in accounting for every dollar spent in support of lifesaving biomedical research, both here and abroad. Today I am announcing changes to NIH鈥檚 award structure that will enable 四虎影院to maintain strong, productive, and secure foreign collaborations while better tracking how dollars are spent.

A majority of NIH鈥檚 budget is awarded to universities, medical schools and other research institutions across the country and the world. In some cases, these primary recipients issue subawards to other entities to carry out specific project activities. However, as the complexity of science increases, this structure has grown increasingly difficult to track. These issues, highlighted in a recent Government Accountability Office (GAO) , can lead to a breakdown in trust and potentially the security of the U.S. biomedical research enterprise.

To address this, 四虎影院will implement a new grant structure that supports productive collaborations between U.S. institutions and foreign collaborators that enhance our capabilities to provide effective oversight and management of these financial obligations in support of rigorous scientific research. As we transition to this new system, 四虎影院will no longer allow new subawards to foreign institutions. As new competing awards are issued or non-competing awards re-issued, 四虎影院will no longer support foreign subawards in them.

A formal has been issued to the research community detailing these changes. We expect to implement the new grant structure no later than Sept. 30, 2025.

By creating a more unified view of where 四虎影院dollars are going, we are strengthening public trust and improving accountability to recipients of federal dollars.

Jay Bhattacharya, M.D., Ph.D.
Director, 四虎影院