The Key Dates section of many funding opportunities indicate standard dates apply. Use the table below and the activity code (e.g., R01) specified in the title of the opportunity to determine application cycles and their relationship to due dates, review and council dates, and earliest possible start dates. Renewal/resubmission/revision and AIDS-related applications may have different due dates than new applications. Read the table carefully.
Grant applications and associated documents (e.g., reference letters) are due by 5:00 PM local time of applicant organization on the specified due date.
Questions related to a specific opportunity should be directed to the IC contact listed in Section VII of the funding opportunity.
R01, R21 and R34 applications with a PD/PI appointed to an NIH Peer Review advisory group may be eligible for an alternate submission schedule. See Continuous Submission for details and review assignment cutoff dates.
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P Series All - new, renewal, resubmission, revisions
P01P20P30P40P41 P42 P50P51P60PL1 PN1PN2P2CPM1
Program Project Grants and Center Grants P01
NOTE: Applicants should check with the relevant Institute or Center (IC), since some do not accept P series applications for all three receipt/review/award cycles.
January 25
May 25
September 25
R18, U18
R25 All - new, renewal, resubmission, revision
Research Demonstration Education Projects
January 25
May 25
September 25
T Series
D Series All - new, renewal, resubmission, revision
Institutional National Research
Service Awards Other Training Grants
NOTE: Applicants should check with the relevant Institute or Center (IC), since some do not accept T series applications for all three receipt/review/award cycles.
January 25
May 25
September 25
C06/UC6 All - new, renewal, resubmission, revision
*Effective. Sept 5, 2015 - N/A for SBIR/STTR Applications using Standard Due Dates
NOTE: See Key Dates section of funding opportunity to determine if AIDS dates apply.
May 7
September 7
January 7
Review and Award Cycles
Cycle I
Cycle II
Cycle III
Application Due Dates
January 25 - May 7
May 25 - September 7
September 25 - January 7
Scientific Merit Review
June - July
October - November
February - March
Advisory Council Round
August or October *
January
May
Earliest Project Start Date
September or December *
April
July
*SBIR/STTR, CRP Only
Cycle I
Cycle II
Cycle III
Application Due Dates
September 5
January 5
April 5
Scientific Merit Review
October - November
February - March
June-July
Advisory Council Round
January
May
August
Earliest Project Start Date
April
July
September or December*
NOTES:
The actual date of the Advisory Council may occur in the month before or after the month listed. For example, some ICs may actually hold the January Advisory Council meeting in February or the October Advisory Council meeting in September.
Awarding components may not always be able to honor the requested start date of an application. Before incurring any pre-award obligations or expenditures applicants should be aware of NIH policy governing pre-award costs prior to receiving a Notice of Award. See the NIH Grants Policy Statement.
* Advisory Council Round for Cycle I applications (Cycle III for SBIR/STTR) may be August or October, and their earliest project start date may be September or December respectively.
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