April 4, 2024
NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (NIH)
This notice informs the applicant and recipient communities of changes to grant application forms and application guide instructions for due dates on or after January 25, 2025.
The following application forms include substantive form changes (i.e., new/deleted/modified fields). All other forms include only an OMB expiration date change.
See High-level Summary of Form Changes in FORMS-I Application Packages for a full list of known form changes. These changes will be implemented with application form packages identified with a Competition ID of "FORMS-I" and associated application guide instructions. Additional guidance and confirmation of implementation plans will be provided in fall 2024.
Applicants must use FORMS-I application packages for due dates on or after January 25, 2025, and must use FORMS-H application packages for due dates on or before January 24, 2025. Applications submitted using an incorrect forms package for their intended due date will be withdrawn and removed from funding consideration.
Availability of FORMS-I Application Guides
Application guides for FORMS-I application packages will be posted to the How to Apply - Application Guide page no later than October 25, 2024.
Availability of FORMS-I Application Packages
FORMS-I application packages will be posted as follows:
For a transition period, both FORMS-H and FORMS-I application packages will be active simultaneously. Applicants must choose the appropriate application package for their due date when presented with both FORMS-H and FORMS-I application packages on the same NOFO (see table below).
Reminder: When an application due date falls on a weekend, Federal holiday, or Washington, DC area Federal office closure, the application deadline is automatically extended to the next business day.
If your intended due date is? | You must use... |
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On or before January 24, 2025, including:
| FORMS-H application package |
On or after January 25, 2025, including:
| FORMS-I application package |
Applications submitted using the incorrect application package for their due date will be withdrawn and removed from funding consideration.
Please direct all NIH inquiries to:
NIH Office of Policy for Extramural Research Administration (OPERA)
Systems Policy Branch
Email: OPERAsystemspolicy@nih.gov