Related Statements

Find director’s statements, related NIH blogs, presentations, and other references to learn more about NIH’s continuing commitment to end sexual harassment in the biomedical research enterprise.

• Letter on Sexual Harassment from NIH Leadership to Signing Officials at NIH Applicant and Awardee Organizations: Important Notice - (March 16, 2019) (PDF - 140 KB)
   
• NIH Director’s Statements
  • Combating sexual harassment  (June 11, 2020)
  • Creating meaningful reforms to end sexual harassment in science ​(December 12, 2019)
  • Update on NIH’s efforts to address sexual harassment in science (February 28, 2019)
  • Changing the Culture of Science to End Sexual Harassment (September 17, 2018)
  • Additional Information on Sexual Harassment Policy at NIH ​(September 19, 2018)
  • NIH Policies to Address Sexual and Gender Harassment in NIH-supported Extramural Research (September 2018)
     
• NIH Open Mike Blogs:
  • New Steps to Help Ensure Safe Work Environments for NIH-Supported Research  (June 2020)
  • Achieving Gender Equity at Conferences  (July 22, 2019)
  • How to Notify NIH about a Concern that Sexual Harassment is Affecting an NIH-Funded Activity at a Grantee Institution  (June 2019)
    Update on NIH’s Efforts to Address Sexual Harassment in Science  (February 2019)
  • New Application Requirements for Institutional Training Grants: Letter of Institutional Commitment to Harassment and Discrimination Protections  (November 9, 2018)
  • NIH Policies to Address Sexual and Gender Harassment in NIH-supported Extramural Research  (September 2018)
     
• Advisory Committee to the Director Report: Changing the Culture to End Sexual Harassment (December 2019)
  • Executive Summary (PDF - 268 KB)
  • Presentation (PDF - 1.2 MB)
  • Final Report (PDF - 1.2 MB)
     
• Advisory Committee to the Director presentation video: NIH Anti-Harassment Actions . Lawrence Tabak, NIH Deputy Director (June 2018 - see 4 hours and 34 minutes in the recording)
   
• Revised expectations for prevention of discrimination and harassment in NIH conference grants (first published in May 2016 under PA-16-294)
   
• Nature Correspondence : Policy: NIH Push to Stop Sexual Harassment. Michael Lauer, Hannah Valantine, and Francis Collins (March 2016)