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Scope Note
NIH grants and funding policies and processes are evolving as NIH aligns with new agency priorities. Keep on top of the latest status of changes impacting NIH grants administration and funding. It is updated as new information becomes available; check back regularly for updated information.
Communications
- Posting of new funding opportunities and policy guidance is currently on hold.
- Relevant pages on this NIH Grants & Funding website are updated as information evolves.
Applications
- NIH is accepting applications for active funding opportunities.
- Some funding opportunities have been closed and others have been updated to align with agency priorities.
- Applicants must carefully reread funding opportunities for any changes prior to submission and adjust their applications accordingly.
- The FORMS-I instructions on How to Apply – Application Guide have been updated. See Significant Changes.
- Changes to application requirements
- Plans for Enhancing Diverse Perspectives (PEDP)
- PEDP requirements have been removed from funding opportunities.
- PEDP plans included in applications under review will not be evaluated or considered in funding decisions.
- Conference grant applications (R13, U13)
- Diversity Plans are no longer required.
- Diversity Plans included in applications under review will not be evaluated or considered in funding decisions.
- Training grant applications (Ts)
- Recruitment Plans to Enhance Diversity are no longer required.
- Recruitment Plans to Enhance Diversity included in applications under review will not be evaluated or considered in funding decisions.
- FORMS-I Training data tables 6a, 6b, and 7 have been revised to remove calculations for % underrepresented minorities.
- Fellowship applications (Fs)
- Parent fellowship opportunities (PA-23-260, PA-23-261, PA-23-262, PA-23-263, PA-23-272)
- Parent fellowship funding opportunities were not updated to use the new review criteria, FORMS-I forms, and FORMS-I application instructions in time for the April 8 and May 7 (AIDS) due dates.
- Applicants must use FORMS-H application forms and FORMS-H instructions (PDF) which align with the posted fellowship parent opportunities for the April and May due dates.
- Candidate biosketches will be accepted with or without grades for applications submitted using FORMS-H.
- Parent fellowship funding opportunities were not updated to use the new review criteria, FORMS-I forms, and FORMS-I application instructions in time for the April 8 and May 7 (AIDS) due dates.
- Non-parent fellowship opportunities (e.g., PAR-25-234, PAR-25-250, PAR-23-109, RFA-OD-24-007, PAR-25-021)
- Applicants must use FORMS-I application forms and FORMS-I instructions (PDF) which align with the posted non-parent fellowship opportunities.
- Parent fellowship opportunities (PA-23-260, PA-23-261, PA-23-262, PA-23-263, PA-23-272)
- Plans for Enhancing Diverse Perspectives (PEDP)
Review
- Federal Register Notices and meetings for scientific review groups/study sections are ongoing.
- Federal Register Notices for National Advisory Councils/Boards have resumed.
Awards
- NIH institutes and centers are issuing awards for competing, non-competing continuation, and administrative supplements using previously approved negotiated indirect cost rates, except for awards under which F&A costs are reimbursed at a fixed rate.  See NIH Grants Policy Statement 7.4 Reimbursement of Facilities and Administrative Costs.
Reporting
- Trainee Diversity Report
- A Trainee Diversity Report for institutional training grants, career development awards, and most research education grants is no longer required in Research Performance Progress Reports (RPPRs) and should not be included.
- The ability to generate the Trainee Diversity Report is no longer available to recipients.