R01 Planning to Award Timeline by Review Cycle
This application to funding timeline is for investigator-initiated R01s (not applications responding to initiatives) by review cycle for FY 2014 funding. For other application types or other years, go to NIH's Standard Due Dates for Competing Applications.
For a graphical version that includes resubmission timing, see Strategy Timelines in the Strategy for NIH Funding. Also get advice on which cycle to target at Timing Factors That Affect Your Application and Award.
The table below uses actual submission deadlines. We based them on NIH's standard due dates adjusted to fall on a business day.
| Preparation Steps |
Timing
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1. Prepare application. Get advice from NIAID's All About Grants and mentors.
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Allow at least this much time for preparation:
- Two months: Planning and writing.
- One month: Getting feedback.
- Two weeks: Checks and edits.
After that, your institution's processing may take days, weeks, or months. Get your internal due date from your institutional business office.
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| Submission |
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Review Cycle 1
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Review Cycle 2
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Review Cycle 3
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2. Organization submits the application by the receipt date.
Leave enough time to make corrections.
The application goes to Grants.gov and then the eRA Commons for validation.
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New non-AIDS applications:
By February 5, 2013 |
New non-AIDS applications:
By June 5, 2013 |
New non-AIDS applications:
By October 7, 2013 |
All AIDS applications:
By May 7, 2013 |
All AIDS applications:
By September 9, 2013 |
All AIDS applications:
By January 7, 2014 |
Resubmissions,
non-AIDS:
By March 5, 2013* |
Resubmissions,
non-AIDS:
By July 5, 2013* |
Resubmissions,
non-AIDS:
By November 5, 2013* |
| Review |
Review Cycle 1
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Review Cycle 2
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Review Cycle 3
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3. Assignment. Find the institute and integrated review group in the Commons.
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Within two weeks
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Within two weeks
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Within two weeks
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| 4. NIH assigns applications to reviewers. |
May 2013 |
September 2013 |
January 2014 |
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5. Applications undergo initial peer review. Find overall impact scores in the Commons within three business days of initial peer review.
Find summary statements within 30 days (for new investigator R01 applications, no later than July 10, November 10, or March 10, depending on review cycle).
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June or July 2013
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October or November 2013 |
February or March 2014 |
| After Review |
Review Cycle 1
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Review Cycle 2
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Review Cycle 3
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6. NIAID begins to fund applications that undergo expedited second-level review.
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Starting in October 2013** |
Starting in November 2013 |
Starting in March 2014 |
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7. NIAID Council recommends funding for selective pay and non-expedited applications.
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September 16, 2013 |
January 27, 2014 |
June 2, 2014 |
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8. NIAID funds selective pay and non-expedited awards.
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October 2013***
through end of fiscal year |
February 2014
through end of fiscal year |
June 2014
through end of fiscal year |
| 9. End of fiscal year. |
Fiscal year 2014 ends on September 30, 2014. |
* After your summary statement appears in the Commons, you can resubmit up to 37 months from your original application's receipt date. New R01 investigators have special rules for resubmitting—for more information, see the note for new investigators in the Application Resubmissions SOP.
** For cycle 1, step 6, expedited second-level review occurs toward the end of the previous fiscal year; however, by law, NIAID cannot fund applications until the next fiscal year.
*** For cycle 1, steps 6 and 8, funding dates assume we have a budget by then.
For a graphical version that includes resubmission timing, see Strategy Timelines in the Strategy for NIH Funding.
For more resources and advice, see the Application Tools for All About Grants.