Author: Kherlen Martin

The NIH Office of Science Policy has published a summary of proceedings from its workshop on Transforming Discoveries into Products: Maximizing NIH’s Levers to Catalyze Technology Transfer. This workshop focused on how NIH approaches patenting and licensing inventions from its intramural research program. Throughout the workshop, panelists, presenters, and the public explored how NIH decides what to patent and license, who NIH partners with, and how NIH negotiates those agreements.

The summary of the workshop, along with the webcast of the meeting and other associated meeting materials, can be found on the workshop website.

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Last week, President Biden issued an Executive Order on Preventing Access to Americans’ Bulk Sensitive Personal Data and United States Government-Related Data by Countries of Concern to protect Americans’ sensitive data from exploitation by foreign adversaries.

An accompanying Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) has also been issued by the United States Department of Justice that provides additional clarity about the proposed regulatory implementation of the Executive Order, including prohibited data types and thresholds. Written comments on the ANPRM will be accepted for 45 days.   

Questions on the ANPRM may be sent to the United States Department of Justice or submitted through https://www.regulations.gov.

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine have published the proceedings from a workshop they hosted on Enhancing Public Access to the Results of Research Supported by the Department of Health and Human Services that took place from November 30 to December 1, 2023. The NIH-sponsored workshop was held to inform NIH and other agencies of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as they develop or update policies to enhance public access to the results of HHS-funded research.

The summary of the workshop can be accessed here.  The webcast of the meeting, and associated meeting materials, can be found on the workshop website.

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Do you like a fast-paced environment where your work drives evidence-based policies to support the health of the Nation?  If so, a career in the NIH Office of Science Policy (OSP) might be the place for you.  OSP works across the biomedical research enterprise to ensure NIH policy evolves in tandem with rapidly advancing science and technology. OSP is also the primary advisor to the NIH Director and NIH leadership on new, emerging policy issues at the intersection of science and society.

Currently, OSP is recruiting for nine positions across several policy divisions:

• Scientific Data Sharing
• Clinical and Healthcare Research
• Biosecurity, Biosafety, and Emerging Biotechnology
• Science Policy Coordination, Collaboration, and Reporting
• Technology Transfer and Innovation Policy

All vacancies are open from February 12, 2024 – February 16, 2024.  Full information and how to apply can be found at:

• NIH OD-DE-24-12283586
  Applicants without prior Federal service, Federal employees without competitive service status, or those with status.

• NIH-OD-MP-24-12285699
  Current and former Federal employees with competitive status, those eligible for noncompetitive consideration, and certain veterans eligible under the Veterans Employment Opportunity Act of 1998 (VEOA).

Please contact OSP Chief of Staff, Kelly Fennington at [email protected], with any questions.  Also, you can follow us on Twitter: @NIH_OSP

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