Electronic Application Process
Prepare to Apply
Find Opportunity and Download Application Package
Prepare Application
Submit Application to Grants.gov
Check Submission Status in Commons
Check Assembled Application
- The National Institutes of Health is replacing paper grant applications
with electronic applications and has begun the transition to requiring electronic
submission of grant applications via the online portal of Grants.gov.
- NIH is simultaneously transitioning from the paper 398 application form
to a new electronic application form called the SF424 (R&R).
See Overview of Electronic Submission via Grants.gov for more.
Prepare to Apply
- Know Your Role
- Select Approach
- Obtain Software
- Register
- List of application checks (Generic Validations)
- Prepare to Apply FAQs
Find Opportunity and Download Application Package
- Opportunity Posting Notes
- Steps to Find Opportunities and Download Application Package
- Find Opportunity and Download Application Package FAQs
Prepare Application
- Application Guide [SF424 (R&R)]
- Sample Application Forms
- Training video and handout on SF424 (R&R) form
- Finding the PHS398 elements in the SF424 (R&R) form (crosswalk)
- Errors and warnings (validations)
- Important Tips
- Prepare Application FAQs
Submit Application to Grants.gov
- Rules governing submission
- Steps for submitting an application
- Email notifications from Grants.gov
- Email notifications from NIH
- Submit Application FAQs
Check Submission Status in Commons
- Check submission status notes
- Check submission status — PI
- Check Submission status — AOR/SO
- Check Submission Status FAQs