Notice of Change to Resubmission Receipt Dates and Additional Information for Eligibility Requirements in RFA-OD-24-011 "NIH Research Software Engineer (RSE) Award (R50 Clinical Trials Not Allowed)"
Notice Number:
NOT-OD-25-147

Key Dates

Release Date:

August 28, 2025

Related Announcements

  • July 17, 2024 - NIH Research Software Engineer (RSE) Award (R50 Clinical Trials Not Allowed). See NOFO RFA-OD-24-011

Issued by

NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (NIH)

Purpose

The purpose of this Notice is to inform applicants of a correction to clarify resubmission receipt dates and use of URLs for RFA-OD-24-011 "NIH Research Software Engineer (RSE) Award (R50 Clinical Trials Not Allowed)”. 

In the Key Dates table, the NOFO currently indicates that Resubmissions are “Not Applicable”. The key dates table has been modified to read (changes noted in bold italics) to indicate resubmissions are allowed.

The NOFO currently reads: 

Part 1. Overview Information 

Key Dates: 

Application Due Dates

Review and Award Cycles

 

 

New

Renewal /

Resubmission /

Revision (as allowed)

AIDS -

New/Renewal/Resubmission/Revision,

as allowed

 

Scientific Merit

Review

 

Advisory Council

Review

 

Earliest Start Date

December 04, 2024Not ApplicableNot ApplicableMarch 2025May 2025July 2025
June 04, 2025Not ApplicableNot ApplicableSeptember 2025January 2026March 2026
December 04, 2025Not ApplicableNot ApplicableMarch 2026May 2026July 2026
June 04, 2026Not ApplicableNot ApplicableSeptember 2026January 2027March 2027
December 04, 2026Not ApplicableNot ApplicableMarch 2027May 2027July 2027

The NOFO is modified to read (changes noted in bold italics):

Application Due Dates

Review and Award Cycles

 

 

New

Renewal /

Resubmission /

Revision (as allowed)

AIDS -

New/Renewal/Resubmission/Revision,

as allowed

 

Scientific Merit

Review

 

Advisory Council

Review

 

Earliest Start Date

December 04, 2024Not ApplicableNot ApplicableMarch 2025May 2025July 2025
June 04, 2025June 04, 2025Not ApplicableSeptember 2025January 2026March 2026
December 04, 2025December 04, 2025Not ApplicableMarch 2026May 2026July 2026
June 04, 2026June 04, 2026Not ApplicableSeptember 2026January 2027March 2027
December 04, 2026December 04, 2026Not ApplicableMarch 2027May 2027July 2027

Part 2. Full Text of Announcement

Section III. Eligibility Requirements

Additional Eligibility Requirements: 

The NOFO currently reads: 

  • The RSE must have a full-time, non-tenure track position at the academic or research institution; and must have been at that institution for at least 1 year. 
  • The RSE must have demonstrated outstanding research software engineering accomplishments, documented by relevant publications, peer-reviewed conference proceedings, and hyperlinks and URLs to code samples in the application.
  • The RSE must commit a minimum of 6-person month effort during the life of the R50 award. 
  • The RSE must not have served as contact  PI on funded independent NIH grant support application, including, but not limited to, R-series mechanisms (e.g., R01, R34, R21, R03), within the past five years.   

The NOFO is modified to read (changes noted in bold italics): 

  • The RSE must have a full-time, non-tenure track position at the academic or research institution; and must have been at that institution for at least 1 year
  • The RSE must have demonstrated outstanding research software engineering accomplishments, documented by relevant publications, peer-reviewed conference proceedings, and hyperlinks and URLs to code samples in the biosketch or research strategy section of the application.
  • The RSE must commit a minimum of 6-person month effort during the life of the R50 award.
  • The RSE must not have served as contact  PI on funded independent NIH grant support application, including, but not limited to, R-series mechanisms (e.g., R01, R34, R21, R03), within the past five years.   

Inquiries

Please direct all inquiries to:

Ishwar Chandramouliswaran
Office of Data Science Strategy
Email: [email protected]

Noffisat Oki, PhD
NIDCR - NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DENTAL & CRANIOFACIAL RESEARCH
Phone: 301-402-6778
E-mail: [email protected]

Qi Duan
NIBIB - NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL IMAGING AND BIOENGINEERING
Phone: 301-827-4674
E-mail: [email protected]

Lori A.J. Scott-Sheldon, Ph.D.
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Phone: 301-792-2309
Email: [email protected]

Xujing Wang, Ph.D
NIDDK - NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES
Phone: 301-451-2862
E-mail: [email protected]

James Gao
NEI - NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE
Phone: 301.594.6074
E-mail: [email protected]

Christopher Gentry Duncan, PhD
NIEHS - NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES
Phone: 984-287-3256
E-mail: [email protected]

Roger Miller, PhD
NIDCD - NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DEAFNESS AND OTHER COMMUNICATION DISORDERS
Phone: 301.402.3458
E-mail: [email protected]

Utibe Ronald Bickhamwright, PhD
NIMHD - NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON MINORITY HEALTH AND HEALTH DISPARITIES
Phone: 301-402-1366
E-mail: [email protected]

Emrin Horgusluoglu, Ph.D.
National Center for Complementary & Integrative Health (NCCIH)
Phone: 240-383-5302
Email: [email protected]

Olga Brazhnik, PhD
NHLBI - NATIONAL HEART, LUNG, AND BLOOD INSTITUTE
Phone: 301-435-0758
E-mail: [email protected]

Alison Yao, Ph.D.
NIA - NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING
Phone: 301-827-7264
Email: [email protected]

David J. Miller, Ph.D.
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Telephone: 240-276-6810
Email: [email protected]

Raj Srinath, PhD
NIAMS - NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ARTHRITIS AND MUSCULOSKELETAL AND SKIN DISEASES
Phone: 301-827-6943
E-mail: [email protected]

Meryl Sufian, PhD
National Library of Medicine (NIH)
Phone: 301-496-4671
Email: [email protected]

Susan Nicole Wright
NIDA - NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE
Phone: 301-402-6683
E-mail: [email protected]

Susan Jekielek, PhD
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Telephone: 301-402-5795
Email: [email protected]

Jean Gao, Ph.D.
NHGRI – NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE
Phone: 301-480-2247
Email: [email protected]

Elizabeth Powell, Ph.D.
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
Telephone: 301-443-0786
Email: [email protected]

Clayton Scott Bingham, Ph.D.
NINDS - NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE
Phone: 301-402-7122
E-mail: [email protected]