Notice Number: NOT-OD-17-106

Key Dates
Release Date: August 28, 2017

Issued by
National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Purpose

It is highly likely that Hurricane/Tropical-Storm Harvey will adversely affect some NIH-applicants and recipients ability to submit applications or reports on time. When delays occur because the applicant or recipient organization is officially closed due to a natural disaster or other emergency, the NIH will consider accepting applications late, on a case-by-case basis, under the following circumstances:

• Institutions must submit applications or reports as soon as possible after reopening, not to exceed the number of days the institution was officially closed.
• Institutions must submit a cover letter with the application, with enough detail about the delay so that NIH staff can make a determination whether circumstances justify accepting the application late.
• Institutions need not request advance permission to submit late due to a disaster-related delay.

NIH will provide information (including reporting guidance) to grantees whose research has been affected by the storm, and will proceed with additional NIH-Guide Notices once the initial period of emergency has passed.

The NIH has a web page about the NIH Extramural Response to Natural Disasters that provides information on a variety of topics: https://grants.nih.gov/grants/natural_disasters.htm

Inquiries

Please direct all inquiries to:

Division of Receipt and Referral
Center for Scientific Review
Telephone: 301-435-0715
Email: csrdrr@mail.nih.gov