Key Dates

Related Announcements

• December 3, 2025 - Updated Application Policies: NIH Administrative Burden Reduction Effort Removal of Requirements for Letters of Intent and Unsolicited Applications Requesting $500,000 or More in Direct Costs. See Notice NOT-OD-26-019.
• May 9, 2025 - Notice to Applicants That the Simplified Review Framework Will be Applied to All Relevant Applications for August/October 2025 Councils. See Notice NOT-OD-25-116.
• April 4, 2024 - Simplified Review Framework for NIH Research Project Grant Applications - Update and Implementation Plans. See Notice NOT-OD-24-085.

Issued by

Office of The Director, National Institutes of Health (OD)

Purpose

As previously announced, effective with the August/October Council round, all NIH peer review of contracts, grants, and cooperative agreements is centralized within the Center for Scientific Review.  The locus of peer review identified in Section V.2 of NOFOs is changed to the Center for Scientific Review. To ensure effective and consistent peer review practices, certain review processes detailed in NOFO Section V may be adjusted.  Review criteria, including the use of the Simplified Review Framework, do not change.

Updated peer review contact information will be listed in eRA Commons typically two weeks after the due date.

Inquiries

Please direct all inquiries to:

Center for Scientific Review (CSR)
Email: [email protected]