NIH Guide Notices

• New AHRQ “FORMS-I” Grant Application Forms and Instructions Coming for Due Dates on or after January 25, 2025
  (NOT-HS-25-006) Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

This Notice informs the applicant and recipient communities of changes to grant application forms and application guide instructions for due dates on or after January 25, 2025. AHRQ utilizes OMB approved NIH forms.

Key Changes:

·         As part of AHRQ efforts to improve the peer review process for NRSA Fellowship applications, there will be modifications to some sections of the PHS Fellowship Supplement Form. Additional details available at Notice NOT-OD-24-107.

·         AHRQ adoption and required use of the Common Forms for Biographical Sketch and Current and Pending (Other) Support by May 2025.  AHRQ will publish a Notice before the end of 2024.  

See High-level Summary of Form Changes in FORMS-I Application Packages for a full list of known form changes. These changes will be implemented with application form packages identified with a Competition ID of “FORMS-I” and associated application guide instructions. Additional guidance and confirmation of implementation plans will be provided in fall 2024.

Effective Date

Applicants must use FORMS-I application packages for due dates on or after January 25, 2025, and must use FORMS-H application packages for due dates on or before January 24, 2025. Applications submitted using an incorrect forms package for their intended due date will be withdrawn and will not undergo peer review. Please click on the notice link above for additional resources. 

 

• Announcement of Childcare Costs for Predoctoral to Postdoctoral Fellow Transition Programs F99 Recipients
  (NOT-OD-25-008)
  Beginning in FY25, NIH will begin providing childcare cost support to individuals supported as full-time recipients of Predoctoral to Postdoctoral Fellow Transition Award (F99/K00) programs during the F99 phase of the award.

Please click on the link above to review the announcement for applicability, policy, and application/submission information.  You will also find resources for childcare costs FAQs. 

 

 

• Notice to Clarify Instructions for NIDA’s Career Development Award Salary Limits
  (NOT-DA-24-053) National Institute on Drug Abuse

The purpose of this Notice is to inform the NIDA community of a revision in the procedures described in NOT-DA-24-032: Notice to Alert the Public of NIDA’s Career Development Award Salary Limits (nih.gov)

All NIDA K01s, K25s, and K99s awarded in Fiscal Year 2025, both competing and non-competing, will be calculated using these new figures, and the remaining future years will be adjusted accordingly. To ensure accurate awards, applications need to provide the PI’s current base salary, associated fringe benefits and level of approved effort.  For non-competing application Research Performance Progress Reports (RPPRs), this information can be provided in Section G.3, (Mentors Report) as an additional document to be included in the single PDF file upload for this section. For non-competing application RPPRs submitted prior to the date of this Notice, recipients may submit a revised budget via an e-mail from an Authorized Organizational Representative (AOR)/Signing Official (SO) sent to the Grants Management Specialist identified in the Notice of Award or in eRA Commons.

 

 

• Notice of Informational Webinar for NIGMS Award Recipients: Understanding the Basics of the NIGMS Research Performance Progress Report (RPPR)
  (NOT-GM-25-006) National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) will host an informational webinar to provide guidance to NIGMS award recipients on how to effectively complete an annual Research Performance Progress Report (RPPR). NIGMS will explain each section of the annual RPPR, covering the basics, including helpful tips and reminders.

Webinar Information

Date: Thursday, November 14, 2024

Time: 1:00 – 2:30 PM Eastern Standard Time

Please click this URL to join the meeting: https://nih.zoomgov.com/j/1600446421

Meeting ID: 160 044 6421

Passcode: 932913

 

Sincerely,

Paul