Latest Updates

November 13, 2024

For applications submitted for receipt dates on or after January 25, 2025, applicants will be required to use FORMS-I application forms packages for submission.

• Information about the upcoming forms changes can be found in the High-level Grant Application Form Change Summary: FORMS-I.

• More detailed information about deadlines can be found in NOT-OD-24-086.

February 23, 2024

The following note has been added to the Senior/Key Person Profile topic:

IMPORTANT: All personnel listed on the R&R Senior/Key Person Profile (Expanded) Form must have an eRA Commons ID. NIH grant applicants will receive an error if the “Credential, e.g., agency field” is blank or does not contain a valid eRA Commons ID for all personnel on the form. That includes Senior/Key Personnel and Other Significant Contributors. Errors must be corrected before an application can be successfully submitted to the agency. See NOT-OD-24-042 and Nexus article.

June 14, 2023

Updates have been made throughout to reflect the change from FOA number to Opportunity Number.

November 29, 2022

For applications submitted for receipt dates on or after January 25, 2023, applicants will be required to use FORMS-H application forms packages for submission.

• Information about the upcoming forms changes can be found in the High-level Grant Application Form Change Summary: FORMS-H.

• More detailed information about deadlines can be found in NOT-OD-22-195.

• FORMS-H will include changes required for the implementation of the 2023 NIH Data Management & Sharing Policy (DMS). Additional implementation details and communications will be coming soon.

August 24, 2022

About Other Transactional Authority (OTA) Awards, Initiating an OTA Application, OTA Summary Screen, OTA Form Screen, OTA Application Submission Status, and Initiate an Application topics have been updated.