Grant Deadlines

Upcoming NIH Grant Deadlines

Activity Codes	Program Description	Cycle I	Cycle II	Cycle III	Application Form
		Application Receipt Dates
P Series All - new, renewal, resubmission, revisions	Program Project Grants and Center Grants	Jan 25	May 25	Sept 25	SF424 (R&R)
R18, U18 R25 All - new, renewal, resubmission, revision	Research Demonstration Education Projects	Jan 25	May 25	Sept 25	SF424 (R&R)
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. Applicants should refer to the IC Table of Contacts for information for each IC's scientific/research contact for the NRSA T32 program.	Jan 25	May 25	Sept 25	SF424 (R&R)
C06/UC6 All - new, renewal, resubmission, revision	Construction Grants	Jan 25	May 25	Sept 25	SF424 (R&R)
G07, G08, G11, G12, G13, G20, R24, S06, S11, S21, S22, SC1, SC2, SC3, UG1, U10, U19, U24, U2C, U41, U42, U45, U54, U56 All - new, renewal, resubmission, revision	Other Activity Codes	Jan 25	May 25	Sept 25	SF424 (R&R)
R01 new	Research Grants	Feb 5	June 5	Oct 5	SF424 (R&R)
U01 new	Research Grants - Cooperative Agreements	Feb 5	June 5	Oct 5	SF424 (R&R)
K series new	Research Career Development	Feb 12	June 12	Oct 12	SF424 (R&R)
R03, R21, R33, R21/R33, R34, R36, UH2, UH3, UH2/UH3 new	Other Research Grants and Cooperative Agreements	Feb 16\ See NOT-OD-15-057	June 16	Oct 16	SF424 (R&R)
R15 All - new, renewal, resubmission, revision	Academic Research Enhancement Award (AREA)	Feb 25	June 25	Oct 25	SF424 (R&R)
R01 renewal, resubmission, revision	Research Grants	Mar 5	July 5	Nov 5	SF424 (R&R)
U01 renewal, resubmission, revision	Research Grants - Cooperative Agreements	Mar 5	July 5	Nov 5	SF424 (R&R)
K series renewal, resubmission, revision	Research Career Development	Mar 12	July 12	Nov 12	SF424 (R&R)
R03, R21, R33, R21/R33, R34, R36, UH2, UH3, UH2/UH3 renewal, resubmission, revision	Other Research Grants and Cooperative Agreements	Mar 16	July 16	Nov 16	SF424 (R&R)
F Series Fellowships (except F31 Diversity) new, renewal, resubmission	Individual National Research Service Awards (Standard) (see NRSA Training Page)	April 8	Aug 8	Dec 8	SF424 (R&R)
R13, U13 All - new, renewal, resubmission, revision	Conference Grants and Conference Cooperative Agreements	April 12	Aug 12	Dec 12	SF424 (R&R)
F31 Diversity Fellowships new, renewal, resubmission	Individual Predoctoral Fellowships (F31) to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research (see NRSA Training Page)	April 13	Aug 13	Dec 13	SF424 (R&R)
R41, R42 R43, R44, U43, U44, All - new, renewal, resubmission, revision, AIDS and AIDS-related SB1, UB1	Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR)* Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)* Commercialization Readiness Pilot (CRP) Program* Note: New due dates effective on/after September 5, 2015 (NOT-OD-15-038).	Sept 5	Jan 5	April 5	SF424 (R&R)

If you do not see your activity code, check your Funding Opportunity Announcement or the Activity Code Database.

Activity Codes	Program Description	Application Instructions	Cycle I Due Date	Cycle II Due Date	Cycle III Due Date
All Activity Codes Cited Above new, renewal, resubmission, revision	AIDS and AIDS-Related Applications *Effective. Sept 5, 2015 - N/A for SBIR/STTR Applications using Standard Due Dates NOTE: See Key Dates section of funding opportunity announcement to determine if AIDS dates apply.	Based on Activity Code	May 7	Sept 7	Jan 7

Activity Codes

Program Description

Application Instructions

Cycle I Due Date

Cycle II Due Date

Cycle III Due Date

All Activity Codes Cited Above
new, renewal, resubmission, revision

AIDS and AIDS-Related Applications

*Effective. Sept 5, 2015 - N/A for SBIR/STTR Applications using Standard Due Dates

NOTE: See Key Dates section of funding opportunity announcement to determine if AIDS dates apply.

Based on Activity Code

May 7

Sept 7

Jan 7

Review and Award Schedule

	Cycle I	Cycle II	Cycle III
Scientific Merit Review	June — July	October — November	February — March
Advisory Council Review	August or October*	January	May
Earliest Project Start Date	September or December*	April	July

*SBIR/STTR, CRP Only
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.