NIH Grants and Funding
Amendment to Memorandum of Understanding
between the Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare
Office of Extramural Research
Office of the Director
National Institutes of Health and
the U.S. National Science Foundation
This document constitutes an Amendment to the Memorandum of Understanding ("MOU") entered into on October 1, 2015, and amended for a 5-year extension in October 2020, by the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare, Office of Extramural Research, Office of the Director, National Institutes of Health (NIH) regarding the transfer of funds via Interagency Agreement for services provided in ensuring compliance with the Public Health Service Policy on Humane Care and Use of Laboratory Animals for all NSF grants and cooperative agreements involving research with live vertebrate animals.
Considering the need for extending the duration of the MOU pursuant to the Modification/Cancellation clause of the MOU, the MOU is extended for 5 years for the period October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2030, or for 5 years from the date of the last signature with the following modification:
In the SUBSTANCE OF AGREEMENT section of the 2015 MOU, the MOU is amended by adding the following sentence to the end of para. 3:
“To the extent the information shared between the parties constitutes information subject to the Privacy Act of 1974, 5 U.S.C. 552, or is otherwise protected from disclosure under applicable Federal law, the parties understand that such information is to be treated as confidential, is to be shared only by secure means and otherwise safeguarded from unauthorized use, sharing, or disclosure, and that any suspected or confirmed breach of the information is to be reported immediately to the party that shared it.”
The Liaisons are updated to reflect the current agency contacts:
LIAISONS
National Institutes of Health
Jane Na, DVM, CPIA,
Director, Division of Assurances
Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare
OER, OD, NIH
6700B Rockledge Drive
Suite 2500
Bethesda, MD 20817
(301) 402-1922
[email protected]
National Science Foundation
Edda Thiels, PhD
Program Director
Directorate for Biological Sciences
National Science Foundation
2415 Eisenhower Ave
Suite 12000
Alexandria, VA 22314
(703) 292-8167
[email protected]
Except as modified by this amendment, all other terms and conditions of this agreement remain unchanged.
APPROVED AND ACCEPTED
Susan Marqusee, MD, PhD
Assistant Director
Directorate for Biological Sciences
National Science Foundation
Signature: /s/
Date: June 11, 2025
Jon Lorsch, PhD
Acting Deputy Director for Extramural Research
Office of Extramural Research, Office of the Director, NIH
Signature: /s/
Date: May 14, 2025
Axel Wolff, MS, DVM
Acting Director
Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare
Office of Extramural Research, Office of the Director, NIH
Signature: /s/
Date: May 14, 2025