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National Institutes of Health (NIH) "Other Support" refers to the information that the NIH requires researchers to provide about their other research support. When submitting NIH proposals, researchers must identify all sources of other support, ensuring that complete and accurate information is disclosed.
Principal investigators (PIs) must develop a discipline-specific, tailored plan for Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) instruction that meets the National Institutes of Health (NIH) requirements for educational content, training format and frequency.
The salary cap is a legislatively mandated limitation placed on the salary rate that can be directly charged to contracts, grants, awards and cooperative agreements funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) requires that all funding applications involving one or more clinical trials be submitted through a funding opportunity announcement (FOA) or request for proposal (RFP) specifically designed for clinical trials.

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