Hello All,

I thought I would share this information with you all.

https://www.nih.gov/about-nih/nih-director/statements/announcement-release-us-government-policy-stopping-high-risk-life-sciences-research

Thank you,

Shannon Lea Janssen, BBA

Research Administrator III

College of Sciences

The University of Texas at San Antonio (UT San Antonio)

**NOTE: I will be on vacation Thursday, August 13, 2026 and Friday, August 14, 2026.

Important Reminders:

· 15/5 Rule  and Exception Requests* for UTSA Proposals: https://research.utsa.edu/osp/ProposalDeadlines.html

· NSF: Starting now, all Personnel Documents must be prepared using SciENcv. There is also a new NSF Biosketch template – Synergistic Activities are now a separate document.