Notice Number: NOT-HS-17-015
Key Dates
Release Date: April 27, 2017
Issued by
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
Purpose
This notice informs the health services research community of changes to grant application form and application guide instructions for due dates on or after January 25, 2018.
Focus of changes:
These changes will be implemented with application form packages identified with a Competition ID of "FORMS-E" and associated application guide instructions. See High-level Summary of Form Changes in FORMS-E Application Packages for a full list of changes.
Applicants must use FORMS-E application packages for due dates on or after January 25, 2018 and must use FORMS-D application packages for due dates on or before January 24, 2018. Applications submitted using the wrong forms for their intended due date will not be reviewed.
Application guides for FORMS-E application packages will be posted to the How to Apply - Application Guide page no later than October 25, 2017.
We will begin posting new funding opportunity announcements (FOAs) with FORMS-E application packages on October 25, 2017.
All active FOAs with due dates both before and after January 25, 2018 will be updated to add FORMS-E application packages between October 25, 2017 and November 25, 2017. For a transition period, both FORMS-D and FORMS-E application packages will be active. Applicants must choose the appropriate application package for their due date when presented with both FORMS-D and FORMS-E application packages on the same FOA (see table below).
If your due date is |
You must use |
On or before January 24, 2018 |
FORMS-D application package |
On or after January 25, 2018, including:
|
FORMS-E application package |
Inquiries
Please direct all inquiries to:
Lisa Scott-Morring, MS, MSHS, CRA
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
Email: lisa.scott@ahrq.hhs.gov
Telephone: 301-427-1555