New NIH Policy on Post-Submission Application Materials

The National Institutes of Health is changing agency policy to only allow grant application materials to be accepted after submission of the application but before the initial peer review if they result from unforeseen administrative issues. The change will be effective for applications submitted for the September 25, 2010 receipt date and thereafter.

The May 21 NIH Guide Notice includes lists of acceptable post-submission materials under the new policy, unacceptable post-submission materials, exceptions, and page limits for post-submission materials.

Exceptions include:

• Applications submitted in response to Requests for Applications that have only one due date.
• Applications for training grants. NIH posted additional guidance for training grant applications in a June 11 NIH Guide Notice.
• Certain NIH Funding Opportunity Announcements may allow certain other types of post-submission materials to facilitate the goals of the program.

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Updates
June 11, 2010: Enhancing Peer Review Advance Notice: New NIH Policy on Post-Submission Application Materials (NOT-OD-10-091)
July 23, 2010: Enhancing Peer Review: New NIH Policy on Post-Submission Application Materials (NOT-OD-10-115)