The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is requesting public input on its proposal to establish harmonized and transparent policy requirements for protecting human participant research data. Specifically, NIH proposes to:

1. Establish policy requirements for which data should be controlled-access under NIH data sharing policies
2. Revise the NIH Genomic Data Sharing Policy to simplify and harmonize requirements

Read the full proposal.

Interested readers are invited to provide feedback on the policy proposals described in the request for information. Comments must be submitted electronically at https://osp.od.nih.gov/comment-form-draft-nih-controlled-access-data-policy-and-proposed-revisions-to-nih-genomic-data-sharing-policy/. Responses will be accepted through March 4, 2026.

Questions may be sent to SciencePolicy@od.nih.gov.