Reminder: Required use of FORMS-F application forms for application submission
Notice Number: NOT-OD-21-104
Release Date: April 14, 2021
Issued by: NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (NIH)
Purpose: This notice is a reminder to the community that all grant applications must be submitted using FORMS-F application forms (NOT-OD-20-026, NOT-OD-20-077). Any remaining FORMS-E application form packages will be closed as of April 19, 2021.
Background: In order to provide flexibility to applicants during the COVID-19 Pandemic, NIH had extended some late submission windows and allowed FORMS-E application forms to be used for those late submissions. This flexibility has now expired.
In addition, a shift in internal priorities due to the pandemic caused delays in NIH posting FORMS-F options for some non-competing opportunities, including administrative supplement, change of institution, and successor-in-interest parent funding opportunity announcements (FOAs). These non-competing Parent Announcements now have FORMS-F options.
For details and Related Announcements, see https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-21-104.html
Inquiries: Please direct all inquiries to the NIH Office of Policy for Extramural Research Administration (OPERA), Systems Policy Branch; Email: OPERAsystemspolicy@nih.gov
