PHS Deadline Cycles
| Application Receipt Dates: (Unless specified differently in additional instructions, an RFA, or a Program Announcement) | Scientific Merit Review | Advisory Council Review | Earliest Award | ||
| January 10 May 10 September 10 |
February 1 June 1 October 1 |
March 1 July 1 November 1 |
June-July October-November February-March |
September-October January-February May-June |
December April July |
| Institutional Research Service Awards (Some Institutes accept applications only once per year- ask SPA.) | New Research Grants, Conferences, Career Development Awards, Program Project & Center Grants. | Competing Continuations, Supplements, & Revised Grants | Note: NIH has implemented postmark deadlines for all unsolicited applications and noncompeting applications. Applications will be considered on time if they are received by or mailed on or before the published receipt date and proof of mailing is provided. | ||
PHS Programs use the PHS 398 Grant Application Form for most programs and generally adhere to the review and award schedule outlined above.
Receipt Dates:
- Receipt dates for all investigator-initiated AIDS research grant applications are January 2, May 1, and September 1. These receipt dates are for all new, revised, competing continuation, and supplemental AIDS applications.
- Receipt dates for Individual National Research Service Awards (fellowships) applications and Fogarty Center Senior International Fellowships are April 5, August 5, and December 5.
- Receipt date for Foreign-funded fellowship applications through the Fogarty International Center is April 5.
- The receipt dates for International Research Fellowships are August 1 and November 15.
PHS Agencies
- Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR),
- Fogarty International Center (FIC),
- National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism,
- National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA),
- Food and Drug Administration (FDA),
- National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH),
- National Institute on Aging (NIA),
- National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH),
- National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMSD),
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID),
- National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHHD),
- National Cancer Institute (NCI),
- National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR),
- National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD),
- National Institute of Environmental Health Services (NIEHS),
- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDKD),
- National Eye Institute (NEI),
- National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS),
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI),
- National Center for Human Genome Research (NCHGR),
- National Library of Medicine (NLM), National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke,
- National Institute for Nursing Research,
- National Center for Research Resources (NCRR).
Complete information about award types, eligibility requirements, and agency funding interests, as well as open program announcements are available from SPA. Please contact SPS to obtain information regarding your interests.