Late Application Policy for May 25, 2020, Application Due Date of NCI's Cancer Research Education Grants Program (R25) Funding Opportunity Announcements PAR-18-476, PAR-18-477, and PAR-18-478 Due to Public Health Emergency for US Coronavirus Disease 2019
Notice Number:
NOT-CA-20-068

Key Dates

Release Date:
May 15, 2020

Related Announcements

PAR-18-476 Cancer Research Education Grants Program - Curriculum or Methods Development (R25)

PAR-18-477 Cancer Research Education Grants Program - Courses for Skills Development (R25)

PAR-18-478 Cancer Research Education Grants Program - Research Experiences (R25)

Issued by

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Purpose

The NCI understands that the emergency declaration related to Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) will adversely affect applicants' ability to submit applications in a timely manner.

Cancer research education (R25) grant applications submitted to NCI's Funding Opportunity Announcements PAR-18-476, PAR-18-477, and PAR-18-478 for the application due date of May 25, 2020, will be accepted for consideration if complete and received by 5:00 PM local time June 30, 2020.

Institutions need not request advance permission to submit late due to this declared emergency. A cover letter citing this Notice may be submitted, but it is not required.

All late R25 applications submitted by 5 PM June 8, 2020, will be reviewed in the council round to which they were submitted (i.e., the January 2021 meeting of the NCI's National Cancer Advisory Board [NCAB]). Please note that we anticipate, but cannot guarantee, that R25 applications received on June 9, 2020, through June 30, 2020, will also be reviewed at the January 2021 meeting of the NCI's National Cancer Advisory Board.

Inquiries

Please direct all inquiries to:

Jeannette Korczak, Ph.D.,
National Cancer Institute (NCI).
Telephone: 240-276-5642
Email: korczakj@mail.nih.gov


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