NOT-OD-10-140: New Time Limit for NIH Resubmission Applications

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has recently issued two notices involving important policy changes:

• NIH, AHRQ, and NIOSH to Eliminate Error Correction Window for Due Dates on or After January 25, 2011
  Beginning with due dates on or after January 25, 2011, the National institutes of Health (NIH), Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ) and National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) will eliminate the error correction window from the application submission process. This means that ALL proposals MUST be accepted by NIH prior to the 5:00 p.m. deadline; no errors or warnings can be corrected after that time. The error correction window originally was implemented as a temporary measure to facilitate the transition from paper to electronic submission of grant applications. The window allowed applicants an opportunity after the deadline to correct missing or incorrect aspects of their applications, identified by NIH system-generated errors and warnings displayed to the applicant after submission. Beginning on January 25, 2011, all applications submitted after 5 p.m. local time of the applicant organization on the due date will be subject to the NIH late policy and may not be accepted for review. The elimination of the error correction window does not affect the two-business-day application viewing window (i.e., the time an applicant has to view the electronic application image in eRA Commons upon NIH’s receipt of an error-free application). Applicants still will be able to view their application and reject and submit a corrected application prior to the submission deadline.
  
  For the complete notice, please see http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-10-123.html

• Enhancing Peer Review: New NIH Policy on Post-Submission Application Materials
  For all applications submitted to the NIH for the September 25, 2010 due date and thereafter, the only post-submission grant application materials that the NIH will accept are those resulting from unforeseen administrative issues. (Post-submission grant application materials are those submitted after submission of the grant application but prior to the initial peer review.) Only the following post-submission information will be accepted:
  • Revised budget page(s) (e.g., change in budget request due to new funding or institutional acquisition of equipment)
  • Biographical sketches (e.g., change in senior/key personnel due to the hiring, replacement, or loss of an investigator)
  • Letters of support or collaboration resulting from a change in senior/key personnel due to the hiring, replacement, or loss of an investigator
  • Adjustments resulting from natural disasters (e.g., loss of an animal colony)
  • Adjustments resulting from change of institution (e.g., PI moves to another university)
  • News of an article accepted for publication (a copy of the article should not be sent)
    
    For the complete notice, please see http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-10-115.html.

Sample NIH Biosketch

What Applicants Need to Know Now, November 19, 2009 (12-minute video and PowerPoint presentation)

Details of Application Changes for Research Grants & Cooperative Agreements (for due dates on or after January 25, 2010)

NOT-OD-10-016: Restructured Applications Forms and Instructions for Application Due Dates on or After January 25, 2010

NOT-OD-09-149: Restructured Application Forms and Instructions for Submissions for FY2011 Funding

NOT-OD-09-155: Extension of Modified Application Submission, Referral and Review for Reviewers with Recent Substantial Service

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