Recent Updates & Changes in NIH/NIA Policies Concerning Grant/Contract Applications

• Delays in Grant Application Submission due to Ice Storm in New England (12-16-2008)
• NIH Announces the Availability of Adobe-Based Grant Application Forms (12-05-2008)
• Enhancing Peer Review: The NIH Announces Updated Implementation Timeline (12-02-2008)
• New Scoring Procedures for Evaluation of Research Applications Received for Potential FY2010 Funding (12-02-2008)
• Enhanced Review Criteria for Evaluation of Research Applications Received for Potential FY2010 Funding (12-02-2008)
• Early Stage Investigator Policy: Updating eRA Commons Profiles to Include Degree and Residency Completion Dates (11-21-2008)
• Revised New and Early Stage Investigator Policies (10-31-2008)
• New NIH Policy on Resubmission (Amended) Applications (10-08-2008)
• NIH's Planned Tranisition Date for Electronic Submission of Competing Career Development (K except K12) and Fellowship (F) Grant Programs (PDF, 78K)
• Policy on Enhancing Public Access to Archived Publications Resulting from NIH-Funded Research
• NIH Policy on Late Submission of Grant Applications
• Policy for Sharing of Data obtained in NIH Supported or Conducted Genome-Wide Association Studies (GWAS)
• Parent Announcements (For Unsolicited or Investigator-Initiated Applications)
• New Limits on Appendix Materials for All NIH/AHRQ/NIOSH Grant Applications Beginning with Receipt Dates On or After January 3, 2007

These and other recent changes in NIH Extramural policies are described on the NIH Office of Extramural Research's Grants Policy and Guidelines web site.
For NIA Specific Policies please click here.