NIH Modular Research Grant Applications

Who Must Use the Modular Grant Application?

Required for new, renewal, and resubmission applications as well as for revisions for the following grants and their cooperative agreement equivalents that request up to a total of $250,000 of direct costs per year (excluding consortium F&A costs), regardless of whether the application is an investigator-initiated application or is one submitted in response to a PA/RFA:

Research Project Grants Program (R01/U01)
Small Grant Program (R03)
Exploratory/Development Research Grant Award (R21/UH2)
Clinical Trial Planning Grant Program (R34/U34)
Academic Research Enhancement Awards (R15/UA5)

Background

The modular research grant application format is an extension of NIH's streamlining and reinvention initiatives, designed to focus the attention of investigators, their institutions, peer reviewers, and NIH staff on science rather than budget details.

Application Instructions and Forms

How to Apply - Application Guide: https://grants.nih.gov/grants/how-to-apply-application-guide.htm
- Modular Budget Sample: Same Modules (PDF - 189 KB)
- Modular Budget Sample: Variable Modules (PDF - 188 KB)

NIH Guide Notices

NIH Announces Requirement for Detailed (Non-Modular) Budget Submissions for All Competing Grant Applications from Foreign (Non-U.S.) Institutions (08/23/2006)
NIH Announces Revised Policy: Applications that Include Consortium/Contractual Facilities and Administrative Costs (11/02/2004)
Modular Grant Applications: Modifications and Update (1/24/2000)
Modular Grant Application and Award (12/15/1998) - Original guidelines for submitting Modular Grant Proposals to NIH

Current Data and Evaluation Information

NIH Modular Grants: Data Charts (03/05/2007) (PowerPoint - 1.81 MB)
Modular Outcome Evaluation (05/2005)

Historical Documents

Modular Grant Application Update: Peer Review (02/08/2000) (PDF - 76 KB)
NIH Introduces Modular Grant Applications (11/09/1999)
News Release: Modular Grants Announced by Dr. Varmus (01/21/1999)
Modular Applications and Awards (01/07/1999)

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