The PHS submission, review, and award schedule is provided in Table 2.
For specialized grant applications, consult with the appropriate PHS agency prior to the preparation of an application.
Table 2.
Submission Dates, Review, and Award Cycles
|
Types of Applications |
Cycle I |
Cycle II |
Cycle III |
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|
Application
Submission Dates |
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|
Institutional Ruth L.
Kirschstein National Research Service (Kirschstein-NRSA) Awards* (All new, competing continuation,
supplemental and revised applications) |
January 10 |
May 10 |
September
10 |
|
|
Academic Research Enhancement Award (AREA) (All new, competing continuation, and
revised applications except those involving AIDS-related
research) |
January 25 |
May 25 |
September 25 |
|
|
New Research Grants (e.g., R01) and Career Development Awards (K series)
|
February 1 |
June 1 |
October 1 |
|
|
Program Project Grants and
Center Grants (P series) (All new, competing continuation,
supplemental and revised applications) |
February 1 |
June 1 |
October 1 |
|
|
Competing Continuation, Supplemental and Revised: Research Grants and Career
Development Awards** |
March 1 |
July 1 |
November 1 |
|
|
Small Business Innovation
Research (SBIR), Small Business Technology
Transfer (STTR) Grants (All new, supplemental, and revised
applications except AIDS and
AIDS-Related applications) |
April 1 |
August 1 |
December 1 |
|
|
Conference Grants and
Conference Cooperative Agreements (All
new, competing continuation, supplemental and revised applications) |
April 15 |
August 15 |
December 15 |
|
|
AIDS and AIDS-Related
Grants (All new, competing continuations,
supplemental and revised applications; includes
AIDS and AIDS-Related SBIR/STTR) |
May 1 |
September 1 |
January 2 |
|
|
RFAs and PARs |
Special submission
dates: Check the specific NIH Guide announcement. |
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Review and
Award Schedule |
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|
Scientific
Merit Review |
June -
July |
Oct - Nov |
Feb - Mar |
|
|
Advisory
Council Review |
Sept -
Oct |
Jan - Feb |
May - June |
|
|
Earliest Project Start
Date*** |
December |
April |
July |
|
* Many NIH Institutes and Centers use only one or two of the submission dates for Institutional NRSA awards. Please check the program announcement for "Institutional Research Training Grants (T32)" at http://grants.nih.gov/training/nrsa.htm.
** Some ICs have different submission dates for revised Career Development Award applications. Check with the appropriate IC.
***Awarding components may not always be able to honor the requested start date of an application. Therefore, applicants should make no commitments or obligations until confirmation of the start date by the awarding component.