New Shortened Grant Applications, Peer Review and Electronic Submission

1) Shortened Grant Applications and Peer Review Instructions

 

Notices Regarding Peer Review:

• Clarification on Timing and Page Limits for Restructured Application Forms and Instructions that are required for Due Dates on or after January 25, 2010
  October, 2009
• Restructured Application Forms and Instructions for Submissions for FY2011 Funding
  September, 2009
  
• Correction to Fellowship Application Instructions
  August, 2009
  
• Enhancing Peer Review: The NIH Announces New Scoring Procedures for Evaluation of Research Applications Received for Potential FY2010 Funding
  July, 2009
• New applicant category: Early Stage Investigators
  December, 2008
• Elimination of A2 submissions
  October, 2008

 

The following table provides the final standard due dates for the current application format and the first due dates with the new format.

                                          Table of Grant Mechanism New Form Due Dates

Grant Mechanisms	Final Due Date for Current Forms	First Due Date for New Forms
T (Training)	9/25/2009	1/25/2010
R25	9/25/2009	1/25/2010
K12	10/12/2009	10/12/2010
R15	10/25/2009	2/25/2010
K (Career Development)	11/12/2009	2/12/2010
F30, F31, F32, and F33	12/8/2009	4/8/2010
F31 Diversity Fellowship	12/13/2009	4/13/2010
AIDS and AIDS-Related Applications (supersedes ALL dates shown above)	1/7/2010	5/7/2010

IMPORTANT Page Limit Changes:

• For Individual Career Development (K) applications, the new combined page limit for items 2-5 in the Candidate Information section and items 10-13 in the Research Plan will be 12 pages.

 

 

2) Electronic Submission

 

Notices Regarding Electronic Submission:

• Announcing the Transition of Institutional Training and Institutional Career Development Programs to Electronic Submission for due dates on/after January 25, 2010
  October, 2009
• Delay in the Transition to Electronic Submission of Applications for Institutional Training ("T") and Institutional Career Development ("K") Programs
  June, 2009
• Confirming the Transition of Individual National Research Service Award (NRSA) Fellowship (“F”) Applications to Electronic Submissions
  June, 2009
• Transition from PureEdge to Adobe Application Forms for December 2008 and Plan Subsequent Transition of Remaining Mechanisms to Electronic Submission
  May, 2008