Standard Due Dates

The Key Dates section of many funding opportunities indicate standard dates apply. Use the table below and the activity code (e.g., R01) specified in the title of the opportunity to determine application cycles and their relationship to due dates, review and council dates, and earliest possible start dates. Renewal/resubmission/revision and AIDS-related applications may have different due dates than new applications. Read the table carefully.

General Information

  • Grant applications and associated documents (e.g., reference letters) are due by 5:00 PM local time of applicant organization on the specified due date.
  • Questions related to a specific opportunity should be directed to the IC contact listed in Section VII of the funding opportunity.
  • R01, R21 and R34 applications with a PD/PI appointed to an NIH Peer Review advisory group may be eligible for an alternate submission schedule. See Continuous Submission for details and review assignment cutoff dates.

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Application Due Dates

Check your funding opportunity for opportunity-specific due dates. Not all opportunities or programs use standard due dates.

Activity Codes
Program Description
Cycle I
Due Date
Cycle II
Due Date
Cycle III
Due Date

P Series
All - new, renewal, resubmission, revisions

P01 P20 P30 P40 P41 P42 P50 P51 P60 PL1 PN1 PN2 P2C PM1

Program Project Grants and Center Grants P01

NOTE: Applicants should check with the relevant Institute or Center (IC), since some do not accept P series applications for all three receipt/review/award cycles.

January 25
May 25
September 25
R18, U18
R25
All - new, renewal, resubmission, revision

Research Demonstration
Education Projects

January 25
May 25
September 25

T Series

D Series
All - new, renewal, resubmission, revision

T14 T15 T32 T34 T35 T37 T90 TL1 TU2 T01 T02 T09 T42 TL4 D43 D71 DP1 DP2 DP3 DP4 DP5 DP7

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.

January 25
May 25
September 25

C06/UC6
All - new, renewal, resubmission, revision

Construction Grants
January 25
May 25
September 25

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
January 25
May 25
September 25
R01
new 		Research Grants
February 5
June 5
October 5
U01
new

Research Grants - Cooperative Agreements

February 5
June 5
October 5
K series
new K01 K02 K05 K06 K07 K08 K12 K14 K18 K22 K23 K24 K25 K26 K30 K99 KL1 KL2 KD1 KM1 K21 K43 K76 K00 K38 K32 		Research Career Development
February 12
June 12
October 12
R03, R21, R33, R21/R33, R34, R36, U34, UH2, UH3, UH2/UH3
new 		Other Research Grants and Cooperative Agreements

February 16

 
June 16
October 16
R15
All - new, renewal, resubmission, revision 		Academic Research Enhancement Award (AREA)
February 25
June 25
October 25
R01
renewal, resubmission, revision 		Research Grants
March 5
July 5
November 5
U01
renewal, resubmission, revision

Research Grants - Cooperative Agreements

March 5
July 5
November 5
K series
renewal, resubmission, revision 		Research Career Development
March 12
July 12
November 12

R03, R21, R33, R21/R33, R34, R36, U34, UH2, UH3, UH2/UH3
renewal, resubmission, revision

Other Research Grants and Cooperative Agreements
March 16
July 16
November 16
F Series Fellowships
new, renewal, resubmission F05 F30 F31 F32 F33 F37 F38 FI2 F99 FM1

Individual National Research Service Awards (Standard)

April 8
August 8
December 8
R13, U13
All - new, renewal, resubmission, revision 		Conference Grants and Conference Cooperative Agreements
April 12
August 12
December 12

R41, R42, UT1, UT2

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*

September 5

January 5

April 5


AIDS and AIDS-Related Application Due Dates

Activity Codes
Program Description
Cycle I
Due Date
Cycle II
Due Date
Cycle III
Due Date
All Activity Codes Cited Above
new, renewal, resubmission, revision D43 D71 DP1 DP2 F05 F30 F31 F32 F33 G07 G08 G11 G12 G13 G20 K01 K02 K05 K06 K07 K08 K12 K14 K18 K22 K23 K24 K25 K26 K30 K99 KL1 KL2 L30 L32 L40 L50 L60 M01 P01 P20 P30 P40 P41 P42 P50 P51 P60 PL1 PN1 PN2 R00 R01 R03 R13 R15 R18 R21 R24 R25 R33 R34 R37 R41 R42 R43 R44 R55 R56 R90 RL1 RL2 RL5 RL9 RS1 S06 S11 S21 S22 SC1 SC2 SC3 T14 T15 T32 T34 T35 T37 T90 TL1 U01 U09 U10 U13 U18 U19 U24 U2G U2R U42 U44 U45 U54 U56 U82 UC6 UC7 UH1 UL1 UT1 UT2 VF1 X01 X02 C06 E11 F37 F38 G94 HD4 H13 H25 H50 H57 H62 H64 H75 H79 KD1 R30 R36 R49 TU2 T01 T02 T09 T42 UA1 UC1 UD1 UR6 UR8 US3 US4 U11 U17 U1A U1Q U1V U21 U22 U23 U27 U30 U32 U36 U38 U41 U43 U47 U48 U49 U50 U51 U52 U53 U55 U57 U58 U59 U60 U61 U62 U65 U66 U75 U79 U81 U83 U84 U90 VF1 U34 UH2 UH3 X98 I01 UE1 UE2 DP3 RC1 UC2 RC2 RC3 UC3 X99 RC4 UC4 KM1 DP4 S07 K21 DP5 UP5 U1B UM1 SI2 UA5 RF1 UF1 R28 UF2 DP7 IK3 P2C U2C PM1 RM1 UM2 TL4 UG1 R35 UH4 FI2 UG4 K43 SB1 UB1 R61 UG3 R50 K76 OT2 F99 K00 I80 R38 K38 UE5 H23 H28 R2F U2F R16 U3R FM1 U86 U87 S15 S10 L70 K32

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 to determine if AIDS dates apply.

 

May 7

September 7

January 7

Review and Award Cycles

Cycle I
Cycle II
Cycle III
Application Due Dates
January 25 - May 7
May 25 - September 7
September 25 - January 7
Scientific Merit Review
June - July
October - November
February - March
Advisory Council Round
August or October *
January
May
Earliest Project Start Date
September or December *
April
July
 
*SBIR/STTR, CRP Only Cycle I Cycle II Cycle III
Application Due Dates
September 5
January 5
April 5
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.
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