The NIH grants policy statement outlines requirements for acknowledging Federal funding in the following products when describing projects or programs funded in whole or in part with NIH funds:

• research publications
• press releases and other public statements
• other publications or documents about research that is funded by NIH
• requests for proposals and bid invitations
• and other documents describing projects or programs funded in whole or in part with Federal money

These types of products must include the following three statements:

1. A specific acknowledgment of NIH grant support, such as:
   
   “Research reported in this [publication/press release] was supported by [name of the Institute(s), Center, or other NIH offices] of the National Institutes of Health under award number P20GM103429.”
   
   (If you have more than one grant, only cite the grant(s) that supported the research described in the article or presentation.)
   
   
2. An acknowledgement of the level of NIH funding that indicates:
   
   1. the percentage and dollar amounts of the total program or project costs financed with Federal money and
   2. the percentage and dollar amount of the total costs financed by nongovernmental sources.
      
      
3. A disclaimer that says:
   
   “The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health.”
   

Sample citation for work produced using funds from the Arkansas INBRE program would read:

Research reported in this [type of product, i.e. publication] was supported by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences of the National Institutes of Health under award number P20GM103429 which provided [xx%] in the amount of [$xx] for this work. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health.

NIH communicates this requirement to its grantees in the NIH notice of award (NoA), and the NIH Grants Policy Statement (Sections 4.2 and 8.2.1).

NIH also encourages grantees who have used or generated HeLa cell whole genome sequence data to acknowledge Henrietta Lacks and her family.

Learn more about the new Requirements for Acknowledging NIH-Supported Research

Foreign Collaborations and Core Citation

NIH published a notice reemphasizing the NIH definition of a foreign component including coauthors associated with a foreign institution. Publications that cite IDeA funded grants and have a coauthor from a foreign institution need prior approval from NIGMS.*

Going forward, NIH suggests that citation of an IDeA grant by those who use research cores provide more detail about how the core was used. For example, users of a research core on a fee for service basis can say: 

• The XXX Core was used on a fee for service basis. The Core is supported by the NIH IDeA Program.
• Alternatively, not acknowledge the grant at all.

Researchers closely associated with the institution that received the IDeA funding (PIs, RPLs, Pilot Projects, etc.) would acknowledge the grant as usual but ensure prior approval from NIGMS is obtained for collaborations that would lead to co-authored publications that contain a foreign co-author. 

*Contact the Arkansas INBRE program office regarding pre-approval for foreign collaborations.

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Why is it important to cite the Arkansas INBRE?

Each year the Arkansas INBRE submits a comprehensive Annual Progress Report to NIH. Information from this progress report is used by NIH to justify continued support of the IDeA program. Publications citing NIH NIGMS support demonstrate that its resources are being used for research on human health and disease. A strong list of cited publications places Arkansas in a better position to successfully compete for future funding opportunities from the IDeA program.