Over the past several months, the National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) Research Security Subcommittee has worked to develop consistent disclosure requirements for use by senior personnel, as well as to develop proposed common disclosure forms for the Biographical Sketch and Current and Pending (Other) Support sections of an application for Federal research and development (R&D) grants or cooperative agreements.

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has agreed to serve as steward for these common forms as well as for posting and maintenance of the table entitled, NSPM-33 Implementation Guidance Pre- and Post-award Disclosures Relating to the Biographical Sketch and Current and Pending (Other) Support.

The objective of the Disclosure Requirements and Standardization section of NSPM-33 Implementation Guidance is to, "Provide clarity regarding disclosure requirements (e.g., who discloses what, relevant limitations and exclusions), disclosure process (e.g., updates, corrections, certification, and provision of supporting documentation), and expected degree of cross-agency uniformity".

COMMON DISCLOSURE FORMS FOR THE BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH AND CURRENT AND PENDING (OTHER) SUPPORT

• New! Common Form for Biographical Sketch
• New! Common Form for Current and Pending (Other) Support Information
• New! Definitions

Guidance for Federal research funding agencies on obtaining approval from OMB/OIRA to use the Common Disclosure Forms may be obtained from your agency's Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) Officer. For assistance in identifying your PRA officer, please contact Suzanne Plimpton at splimpto@nsf.gov.

DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS

A table entitled, NSPM-33 Implementation Guidance Pre- and Post-award Disclosures Relating to the Biographical Sketch and Current and Pending (Other) Support¹ has been created to provide helpful reference information regarding pre-award and post-award disclosures. The table includes the types of activities to be reported, where such activities must be reported in the application, as well as when updates are required in the application and award lifecycle. A final column identifies activities that are not required to be reported.

• NSPM-33 Implementation Guidance Pre- and Post-award Disclosures Relating to the Biographical Sketch and Current and Pending Support
  • December 2023 - coming soon
  • September 1, 2022

DRAFT COMMON DISCLOSURE FORMS FOR THE BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH AND CURRENT AND PENDING (OTHER) SUPPORT

• 30-day Federal Register Notice - period closed
• Draft Common Form for Biographical Sketch
• Draft Common Form for Current and Pending (Other) Support Information
• Comment Table
• 60-day Federal Register Notice
• "For Comment" Documents - period closed
  1. A common Biographical Sketch form, including data elements and associated instructions;
  2. A common Current and Pending (Other) Support form, including data elements and associated instructions; and
  3. An excel spreadsheet that summarizes all the data elements, as well as their data attributes.

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¹ This table supersedes in its entirety, Table 2a and Paragraph 7 of the Disclosure Requirements and Standardization Section of the NSPM-33 Implementation Guidance.