New NIH single audit award term included on NoAs

NIH is now including the following single audit term in Notices of Award (NoAs).

Informational Term – Ongoing review of findings in prior single audit report(s): NIH is conducting a retrospective review of the Regents of the University of Michigan’s most recent single audit report based on our identification of findings reported in prior single audits. Based on the outcome of this retrospective review, NIH may unilaterally take administrative action to safeguard NIH funds in accordance with the NIH Grants Policy Statement, Section 8.5.1 “Specific or Special Award Conditions- Modification of the Terms of Award.”

A December 2023 U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) Report found issues with NIH single audit findings. 

NIH concurred with OIG’s recommendations, and as a result,