Submission, Review and Award Cycles

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

Application Submission Dates

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.

Review and Award Schedule

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.