NIH Population Tracking Requirements for ARRA Awards

(NOT-OD-10-003)
National Institutes of Health
American Reinvestment and Recovery Act of 2009

The purpose of this Notice is to describe the NIH expectations for implementing Population Tracking requirements for clinical research protocols supported or conducted with ”American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009”  (ARRA) funds. The NIH definition of clinical research includes:
     * Epidemiological and behavioral studies: These types of studies examine the distribution of disease, the factors that affect health, and how people make health-related decisions.
    * Outcomes and health services research: These studies seek to identify the most effective and most efficient interventions, treatments, and services
NIH requires that awardees provide a separate Targeted/Planned Enrollment and Inclusion Enrollment table for each clinical research protocol funded with ARRA funds and NIH Appropriations funds.