NIH Announces Restructured Application Forms and Instructions for Submissions
September 16, 2009
The National Institutes of Health announces that new, restructured versions of the paper PHS 398 and electronic SF 424 (R&R) application packages and instructions will be available by December 2009.
Applicants must download and use the new application packages for submissions targeting due dates on or after January 25, 2010 (funding for fiscal year (FY) 2011 and beyond). Changes include significantly shorter page limits (12 pages for research plans which are 25 pages and 6 pages for research plans that are less than 25 pages) and restructured application packages.
These changes will affect all competing applications submitted to NIH, as follows:
- All applications (including individual Career Awards) electronically submitted using application packages that combine the SF 424 (R&R) with PHS 398 components (e.g, PHS 398 Research Plan Component and PHS 398 Career Development Supplement Form);
- All electronically submitted Individual NRSA Fellowship applications using application packages that combine the SF 424 (R&R) with the PHS Fellowship Supplemental Form; and
- All applications using the paper PHS 398 application package.
For more details, see the full announcement at http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-09-149.html