Standard NIH Due Dates

For updated information, please visit the NIH Standard Due Dates website.

General Information

Grant applications and associated documents (e.g., reference letters) are due by 5:00 PM local time of application organization on the specified due date.
Check the funding opportunity announcement (FOA) for due date information.
If the FOA says "standard dates apply", refer to the table below using the activity code specified in the title of the FOA.
Note that renewal/resubmission/revision applications may have different due dates than new applications. Read the table carefully.
The AIDS and AIDS-related dates apply to all activity codes.
Questions related to a specific opportunity should be directed to the IC contact listed in Section VII of the FOA.
R01, R21 and R34 applications with a PD/PI appointed to an NIH Peer Review advisory group may be eligible for an alternate submission schedule. See Continuous Submission for details and review assignment cutoff dates.

Application Due Dates

Activity Codes	Program Description	Cycle I Due Date	Cycle II Due Date	Cycle III Due Date
P Series All - new, renewal, resubmission, revisions	Program Project Grants and Center Grants 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	May 25	September 25
R18, U18 R25 All - new, renewal, resubmission, revision	Research Demonstration Education Projects	January 25	May 25	September 25
T Series 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. Applicants should refer to the IC Table of Contacts for information for each IC's scientific/research contact for the NRSA T32 program.	January 25	May 25	September 25
C06/UC6 All - new, renewal, resubmission, revision	Construction Grants	January 25	May 25	September 25
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	Other Activity Codes	January 25	May 25	September 25
R01 new	Research Grants	February 5	June 5	October 5
U01 new	Research Grants - Cooperative Agreements	February 5	June 5	October 5
K series new	Research Career Development	February 12	June 12	October 12
R03, R21, R33, R21/R33, R34, R36, U34, UH2, UH3, UH2/UH3 new	Other Research Grants and Cooperative Agreements	February 16	June 16	October 16
R15 All - new, renewal, resubmission, revision	Academic Research Enhancement Award (AREA)	February 25	June 25	October 25
R01 renewal, resubmission, revision	Research Grants	March 5	July 5	November 5
U01 renewal, resubmission, revision	Research Grants - Cooperative Agreements	March 5	July 5	November 5
K series renewal, resubmission, revision	Research Career Development	March 12	July 12	November 12
R03, R21, R33, R21/R33, R34, R36, U34, UH2, UH3, UH2/UH3 renewal, resubmission, revision	Other Research Grants and Cooperative Agreements	March 16	July 16	November 16
F Series Fellowships (including F31 Diversity – NOT-OD-17-029) new, renewal, resubmission	Individual National Research Service Awards (Standard) (see NRSA Training Page)	April 8	August 8	December 8
R13, U13 All - new, renewal, resubmission, revision	Conference Grants and Conference Cooperative Agreements	April 12	August 12	December 12
R41, R42, UT1, UT2 R43, R44, U43, U44, All - new, renewal, resubmission, revision, AIDS and AIDS-related SB1, UB1	Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR)* Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)* Commercialization Readiness Pilot (CRP) Program*	September 5	January 5	April 5

If you do not see your activity code, check your Funding Opportunity Announcement or the Activity Code Database.

Activity Codes	Program Description	Cycle I Due Date	Cycle II Due Date	Cycle III Due Date
All Activity Codes Cited Above new, renewal, resubmission, revision	AIDS 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 announcement to determine if AIDS dates apply.	May 7	September 7	January 7

Activity Codes

Program Description

Cycle I
Due Date

Cycle II
Due Date

Cycle III
Due Date

All Activity Codes Cited Above
new, renewal, resubmission, revision

AIDS 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 announcement to determine if AIDS dates apply.

May 7

September 7

January 7

Review and Award Cycles

*SBIR/STTR, CRP Only	Cycle I	Cycle II	Cycle III
	Cycle I	Cycle II	Cycle III
Application Due Dates	January 25 - May 7	May 25 - September 7	September 25 - January 7
Scientific Merit Review	June - July	October - November	February - March
Advisory Council Round	August or October *	January	May
Earliest Project Start Date	September or December *	April	July

Application Due Dates	September 5	January 5	April 5
Scientific Merit Review	October - November	February - March	June-July
Advisory Council Round	January	May	August
Earliest Project Start Date	April	July	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. * Advisory Council Round for Cycle I applications (Cycle III for SBIR/STTR) may be August or October, and their earliest project start date may be September or December respectively.