NIH is requesting a revision for three years. In 2015, NIH launched an on-line application system for researchers to request a Certificate of Confidentiality (CoC) from NIH. Information is collected to allow confirmation of eligibility for a CoC and to issue a Certificate. Eligible requestors will receive an electronic Certificate once approved. Certificates of Confidentiality (CoCs) protect research participants, researchers, and institutions by prohibiting disclosure of identifying information about participants to persons not connected to the research, with limited exceptions. NIH, through its 24 funding Institutes and Centers (ICs), has issued Certificates of Confidentiality since 1997 to researchers who request this protection. NIH-funded researchers are now deemed issued a Certificate upon award of NIH funding and no longer need to request a Certificate through the system. Non-NIH funded researchers may continue to request a CoC through the online system.
The latest form for Electronic Application for NIH Certificates of Confidentiality (CoC E-application System) expires 2023-02-28 and can be found here.
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Approved without change |
No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection | 2024-05-28 | |
Approved without change |
No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection | 2023-10-05 | |
Approved without change |
No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection | 2023-06-15 | |
Approved without change |
No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection | 2022-10-13 | |
Approved without change |
Revision of a currently approved collection | 2022-03-16 | |
Approved without change |
No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection | 2020-03-05 | |
Approved with change |
Revision of a currently approved collection | 2019-12-23 | |
Approved without change |
Extension without change of a currently approved collection | 2016-11-08 | |
Approved without change |
New collection (Request for a new OMB Control Number) | 2013-12-06 |
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Form 1 | NIH Certificates of Confidentiality Request Form Screenshot | Fillable Fileable | Form and instruction |
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