Standard Due Dates

The Key Dates section of many funding opportunities indicate standard dates apply. Use the table below and the activity code (e.g., R01) specified in the title of the opportunity to determine application cycles and their relationship to due dates, review and council dates, and earliest possible start dates. Renewal/resubmission/revision and AIDS-related applications may have different due dates than new applications. Read the table carefully.

General Information

  • Grant applications and associated documents (e.g., reference letters) are due by 5:00 PM local time of applicant organization on the specified due date.
  • Questions related to a specific opportunity should be directed to the IC contact listed in Section VII of the funding opportunity.
  • R01, R21 and R34 applications with a PD/PI appointed to an NIH Peer Review advisory group may be eligible for an alternate submission schedule. See Continuous Submission for details and review assignment cutoff dates.

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Application Due Dates

Activity Codes
Program Description
Cycle I
Due Date
Cycle II
Due Date
Cycle III
Due Date

P Series
All - new, renewal, resubmission, revisions

Program Project Grants and Center Grants P01

NOTE: Applicants should check with the relevant Institute or Center (IC), since some do not accept P series applications for all three receipt/review/award cycles.

January 25
May 25
September 25
R18, U18
R25
All - new, renewal, resubmission, revision

Research Demonstration
Education Projects

January 25
May 25
September 25

T Series

D Series
All - new, renewal, resubmission, revision

Institutional National Research
   Service Awards
Other Training Grants

 NOTE: Applicants should check with the relevant Institute or Center (IC), since some do not accept T series applications for all three receipt/review/award cycles.

January 25
May 25
September 25

C06/UC6
All - new, renewal, resubmission, revision

Construction Grants
January 25
May 25
September 25

G07, G08, G11, G12, G13, G20, R24, S06, S11, S21, S22, SC1, SC2, SC3, UG1, U10, U19, U24, U2C, U41, U42, U45, U54, U56
All - new, renewal, resubmission, revision

Other Activity Codes
January 25
May 25
September 25
R01
new 		Research Grants
February 5
June 5
October 5
U01
new

Research Grants - Cooperative Agreements

February 5
June 5
October 5
K series
new 		Research Career Development
February 12
June 12
October 12
R03, R21, R33, R21/R33, R34, R36, U34, UH2, UH3, UH2/UH3
new 		Other Research Grants and Cooperative Agreements

February 16

 
June 16
October 16
R15
All - new, renewal, resubmission, revision 		Academic Research Enhancement Award (AREA)
February 25
June 25
October 25
R01
renewal, resubmission, revision 		Research Grants
March 5
July 5
November 5
U01
renewal, resubmission, revision

Research Grants - Cooperative Agreements

March 5
July 5
November 5
K series
renewal, resubmission, revision 		Research Career Development
March 12
July 12
November 12

R03, R21, R33, R21/R33, R34, R36, U34, UH2, UH3, UH2/UH3
renewal, resubmission, revision

Other Research Grants and Cooperative Agreements
March 16
July 16
November 16
F Series Fellowships
new, renewal, resubmission

Individual National Research Service Awards (Standard)

April 8
August 8
December 8
R13, U13
All - new, renewal, resubmission, revision 		Conference Grants and Conference Cooperative Agreements
April 12
August 12
December 12

R41, R42, UT1, UT2

R43, R44, U43, U44,
All - new, renewal, resubmission, revision, AIDS and AIDS-related

SB1, UB1

Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR)*
Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)*

Commercialization Readiness Pilot (CRP) Program*

September 5

January 5

April 5

If you do not see your activity code, check your funding opportunity or the Activity Code Database.
Activity Codes
Program Description
Cycle I
Due Date
Cycle II
Due Date
Cycle III
Due Date
All Activity Codes Cited Above
new, renewal, resubmission, revision

AIDS and AIDS-Related Applications

*Effective. Sept 5, 2015 - N/A for SBIR/STTR Applications using Standard Due Dates


NOTE: See Key Dates section of funding opportunity to determine if AIDS dates apply.

 

May 7

September 7

January 7

Review and Award Cycles

 
Cycle I
Cycle II
Cycle III
Application Due Dates
January 25 - May 7
May 25 - September 7
September 25 - January 7
Scientific Merit Review
June - July
October - November
February - March
Advisory Council Round
August or October *
January
May
Earliest Project Start Date
September or December *
April
July
 
*SBIR/STTR, CRP Only
Cycle I
Cycle II
Cycle III
Application Due Dates
September 5
January 5
April 5
Scientific Merit Review
October - November
February - March
June-July
Advisory Council Round
January
May
August
Earliest Project Start Date
April
July
September or December*


NOTES:

The actual date of the Advisory Council may occur in the month before or after the month listed.  For example, some ICs may actually hold the January Advisory Council meeting in February or the October Advisory Council meeting in September.

Awarding components may not always be able to honor the requested start date of an application.  Before incurring any pre-award obligations or expenditures applicants should be aware of NIH policy governing pre-award costs prior to receiving a Notice of Award.  See the NIH Grants Policy Statement.

* Advisory Council Round for Cycle I applications (Cycle III for SBIR/STTR) may be August or October, and their earliest project start date may be September or December respectively.
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