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Grants Process Overview
Grants Process At-A-Glance
The following NIH "Grants Process At-A-Glance" chart is provided as a sample of the general time element necessary for a competing application to proceed from Receipt and Referral through the Peer Review process to negotiation and award.
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Planning: Applicant should start early, collect preliminary data, and establish internal deadlines.
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Writing: Applicant often begins writing application several months prior to application due date.
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Submitting: Applicant organization submits application to NIH/Division of Receipt and Referral (DRR), Center for Scientific Review (CSR) (using Grants.gov and eRA Commons for electronic submissions). |
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Application arrives at CSR.
(Applications compliant with NIH policies are assigned for review and funding consideration.)
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CSR assigns application to an NIH Institute/Center (IC) and a
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Scientific Review Officer (SRO) assigns applications to reviewers and readers. |
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Pre-Award Process: IC grants management staff conducts final administrative review and negotiates award.* |
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Congratulations!
Project period officially begins!
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*Requests additional information needed just-in-time for award. |
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Administrative and fiscal monitoring, reporting, and compliance.
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NOTE: Timeline is based on the standard grants process. It does not reflect a shorter timeframe for grants undergoing expedited review (e.g., AIDS) and NIH Pilot Study to Shorten the Review Cycle for New Investigator. |
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