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2026
One Year Later: How Centralized NIH Peer Review is Strengthening Efficiency, Competition, and Transparency
In March 2025, NIH announced that all peer review would be centralized within the Center for Scientific Review (CSR) (see also this NIH Guide Notice). As the one-year anniversary approaches, we are providing an update on the consolidation and its initial effects on the peer-review process.
So, I’m Interested in a Highlighted Topic…What Do I Do Now?
In short, Highlighted Topics are a way to understand NIH priorities and start a conversation. it is important to note though that NIH Institutes, Centers, and Offices (ICOs) continue to fund a wide range of high-quality research beyond areas identified as a Highlighted Topic.
What Should I Know About the Current and Pending (Other) Support (CPOS) Common Form?
The CPOS Common Form must be used for all NIH grant applications, Just in Time (JIT), Research Performance Progress Report (RPPR), and Prior Approval submissions to NIH with due dates on or after January 25, 2026.
An Update on Modernizing the NIH Grants and Funding Site: Helping the Research Community Quickly and Easily Understand NIH Funding Policies, Processes, and Activities
The NIH Grants and Funding site is modernizing its digital web presence, serving as the central location for navigating information on NIH’s grants policies, programs, and funding activities.
NIH Awards by Month
A new resource provides a clear view of NIH monthly funding trends across fiscal years.
NIH Invites Input on a Revised Clinical Trial Application Form to Reduce Burden and Enhance Review
We invite input by April 17, 2026 on a Proposed Clinical Trial-Specific Application Form for investigator-initiated clinical trials.
2026 Extramural Community Days: Securing NIH Controlled-Access Data
NIH invites the extramural research community to attend a two-part virtual event focused on security expectations and best practices for protecting NIH controlled-access data.
Does Good Clinical Practice (GCP) Training Consistent with the International Conference on Harmonisation (ICH) E6 (R3) Meet the NIH Requirement?
Yes. GCP training consistent with ICH E6 (R3) meets the requirement stated in the NIH Grants Policy Statement (GPS).
Feedback Sought on NIH Draft Resources to Support Participants in Implantable Device Trials
We seek your input on two resources aimed at supporting participants in NIH-funded implantable device clinical trials. Comments on this Request for Information are voluntary and should be submitted electronically until May 25, 2026.
NIH Seeks Input on Framework for Next NIH-Wide Strategic Plan
NIH is seeking public input on a framework for the NIH-Wide Strategic Plan for fiscal years 2027–2031 through a newly issued request for information (RFI) . This RFI provides an opportunity for the extramural research community to help inform NIH’s highest-level priorities and goals for the next five years.