The Key Dates section of many funding opportunities indicate standard dates apply. Use the table below and the activity code (e.g., R01) specified in the title of the opportunity to determine application cycles and their relationship to due dates, review and council dates, and earliest possible start dates. Renewal/resubmission/revision and AIDS-related applications may have different due dates than new applications. Read the table carefully.
Application Due Dates
Search for Activity Code:
Program Description Cycle IP Series
All - new, renewal, resubmission, revisions
Program Project Grants and Center Grants P01
NOTE: Applicants should check with the relevant Institute or Center (IC), since some do not accept P series applications for all three receipt/review/award cycles.
January 25 September 25Research Demonstration
Education Projects
D Series
All - new, renewal, resubmission, revision
Institutional National Research
Service Awards
Other Training Grants
NOTE: Applicants should check with the relevant Institute or Center (IC), since some do not accept T series applications for all three receipt/review/award cycles.
January 25 September 25C06/UC6
All - new, renewal, resubmission, revision
G07, G08, G11, G12, G13, G20, R24, S06, S11, S21, S22, SC1, SC2, SC3, UG1, U10, U19, U24, U2C, U41, U42, U45, U54, U56
All - new, renewal, resubmission, revision
Research Grants - Cooperative Agreements
February 5 February 12 October 12 October 16 February 25 October 25 November 5Research Grants - Cooperative Agreements
November 5 November 12R03, R21, R33, R21/R33, R34, R36, U34, UH2, UH3, UH2/UH3
renewal, resubmission, revision
Individual National Research Service Awards (Standard)
December 8 December 12R41, R42, UT1, UT2
R43, R44, U43, U44,
All - new, renewal, resubmission, revision, AIDS and AIDS-related
Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) *
Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) *
Commercialization Readiness Pilot (CRP) Program*
If you do not see your activity code, check your funding opportunity or the Activity Code Database. Program Description Cycle IAIDS and AIDS-Related Applications
* Effective. Sept 5, 2015 - N/A for SBIR/STTR Applications using Standard Due Dates
NOTE: See Key Dates section of funding opportunity to determine if AIDS dates apply.
Review and Award Cycles
Cycle I Cycle II Cycle III January 25 - May 7 May 25 - September 7 September 25 - January 7 June - July October - November February - March August or October * September or December * Cycle I Cycle II Cycle III September 5 October - November February - March September or December*
NOTES:
The actual date of the Advisory Council may occur in the month before or after the month listed. For example, some ICs may actually hold the January Advisory Council meeting in February or the October Advisory Council meeting in September.
Awarding components may not always be able to honor the requested start date of an application. Before incurring any pre-award obligations or expenditures applicants should be aware of NIH policy governing pre-award costs prior to receiving a Notice of Award. See the NIH Grants Policy Statement.