NOT-OD-25-026: Reminder: FORMS-I Grant Application Forms and Instructions Must be Used for Due Dates On or After January 25, 2025

Reminder: FORMS-I Grant Application Forms and Instructions Must be Used for Due Dates On or After January 25, 2025

Notice Number:

NOT-OD-25-026

Key Dates

Release Date:

November 18, 2024

Related Announcements

October 24, 2024 - New AHRQ "FORMS-I" Grant Application Forms and Instructions Coming for Due Dates on or after January 25, 2025. See Notice NOT-HS-25-006.
April 4, 2024 - Overview of Grant Application and Review Changes for Due Dates on or after January 25, 2025. See Notice NOT-OD-24-084.
April 4, 2024 - New NIH "FORMS-I" Grant Application Forms and Instructions Coming for Due Dates on or after January 25, 2025. See Notice NOT-OD-24-086.

Issued by

NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (NIH)

AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY (AHRQ)

Purpose

This Notice reminds the applicant and recipient community that 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 (see NOT-OD-24-086 for details).

Applicants are encouraged to submit early to allow time to work through any unforeseen issues. Also, applicants are encouraged to use the contact information below to address questions and challenges.

Additional Updates:

FORMS-I Grant Application Instructions will be posted on the How to Apply - Application Guide page in November 2024. All significant changes to form instructions will be listed in Section G.120 Significant Changes.
FORMS-I application packages are currently being posted to all active Notices of Funding Opportunities (NOFOs). We expect to complete this process by December 2024, with all application forms packages posted 30 calendar days or more prior to receipt dates.
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.
All FORMS-H application forms packages will be updated with a close date of January 24, 2025.
NOTE: Application due dates remain unchanged. Applicants must refer to the NOFO for key date information.

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).

If the intended due date is...

You must use...

On or before January 24, 2025, including:

Applications submitted for due dates on or before January 24, 2025.
NIH applications submitted under “NIH Policy on Late Submission of Grant Applications” 2-week window of consideration for intended due dates on or before January 24, 2025.
NIH applications submitted by February 1, 2025 under NIH Continuous Submission Policy for the January 7, 2025 AIDS intended due date.
For information on AHRQ policy, please refer to NOT-HS-21-016.

FORMS-H application package

On or after January 25, 2025, including:

Applications submitted for due dates on or after January 25, 2025.
All application types (New, Resubmission, Renewal, Revision)
Applications submitted early for intended due dates on or after January 25, 2025.

FORMS-I application package

Applications submitted using the incorrect application package for their due date may be withdrawn and removed from funding consideration.

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.

Resources

Inquiries

Please direct all NIH inquiries to:

NIH Office of Policy for Extramural Research Administration (OPERA)
Division of Grant Systems Integration (DGSI)

Systems Policy Branch
Email: [email protected]

Please direct all AHRQ inquiries to:

Division of Policy, Coordination and Analysis, OEREP
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
Email: [email protected]