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This timeline
tells you what to expect for fiscal year 2009. Other application types use different receipt dates; check NIH's Standard Due Dates for Competing Applications. For initiative receipt dates, see the funding opportunity announcement.
| Application Steps |
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Review Cycle 1 |
Review Cycle 2 |
Review Cycle 3 |
1. Prepare application. Get advice from NIAID's All About Grants and mentors.
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Depends on grant type, investigator experience, other factors. |
Depends on grant type, investigator experience, other factors. |
Depends on grant type, investigator experience, other factors. |
2. Organization submits the application.
Leave enough time to make corrections.
The application goes to Grants.gov and then eRA Commons for validation. |
New non-AIDS applications:
By February 5, 2008
All AIDS applications:
By May 7, 2008
Resubmissions,
non-AIDS:
By March 5, 2008 |
New non-AIDS applications:
By June 5, 2008
All AIDS applications:
By September 8, 2008
Resubmissions,
non-AIDS:
By July 7, 2008 |
New non-AIDS applications:
By October 5, 2008
All AIDS applications:
By January 7, 2009
Resubmissions,
non-AIDS:
By November 5, 2008 |
| Submission |
Review Cycle 1 |
Review Cycle 2 |
Review Cycle 3 |
3. Receipt date is the deadline.
NIH has three standard receipt dates for R01 applications. |
New non-AIDS applications:
February 5, 2008
All AIDS applications:
May 7, 2008
Resubmissions,
non-AIDS:
March 5, 2008 |
New non-AIDS applications:
June 5, 2008
All AIDS applications:
September 8, 2008
Resubmissions,
non-AIDS:
July 7, 2008 |
New non-AIDS applications:
October 5, 2008
All AIDS applications:
January 7, 2009
Resubmissions,
non-AIDS:
November 5, 2008 |
| Review |
Review Cycle 1 |
Review Cycle 2 |
Review Cycle 3 |
4. Assignment. Find the institute and integrated review group in Commons.
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Within two weeks
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Within two weeks |
Within two weeks |
| 5. NIH assigns applications to reviewers. |
May 2008 |
September 2008 |
January 2009 |
6. Applications undergo initial peer review. Find priority scores in the Commons five days after initial peer review.
Find summary statements six to eight weeks later, sooner for new investigators. |
June or
July 2008 |
October or November 2008 |
February or
March 2009 |
| After Review |
Review Cycle 1 |
Review Cycle 2 |
Review Cycle 3 |
7. NIAID begins to fund applications that undergo expedited
second-level review.
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Starting in October 1, 2008* |
Starting in November 2008 |
Starting in March 2009 |
8. NIAID Council approves funding for selective pay and non-expedited applications.
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September 15, 2008 |
January 26, 2009 |
May 18, 2009 |
9. NIAID funds selective pay and non-expedited awards.
These are the earliest project start dates. Some applications are deferred for possible funding later in the fiscal year. |
December 2008 through end of fiscal year |
April 2009
through end of fiscal year |
July 2009
through end of fiscal year |
| 10. End of fiscal year. |
Fiscal year 2009 ends on September 30, 2009. |
* For step 7, expedited review for cycle 1 occurs toward the end of the fiscal year; however, by law, NIAID cannot fund applications until the next fiscal year.
For more resources and advice, see the Application Tools for All About
Grants. |
