Electronic Submission of NIH Fellowship Applications

NIH is rapidly approaching yet another milestone in our ongoing transition to electronic submission of grant applications. As announced in NOT-OD-09-106, effective August 8, 2009, all grant applications for the Individual National Research Service Award (NRSA) Fellowships (F-series) will require electronic submission through Grants.gov using the SF424 (R&R). All active Funding Opportunity Announcements for these awards were updated in June and can now be found in the NIH Guides for Grants and Contracts.

Applicants should be aware that paper applications will not be accepted on or after the August 8 transition date.

Looking forward, the next batch of grant programs to transition to electronic submission will include Institutional National Research Service Awards (T32, T34, T35, T90 and TU2), other institutional training grants (D43, D71, T14, T15, T37, U2R) and institutional career development programs (K12 and K30). The transition of these programs originally set for September 25, 2009 has been rescheduled and will now begin on January 25, 2010 (see NOT-OD-09-113). These applications should continue to be submitted on the appropriate paper application forms until the January 25 transition.