·         New NIH "FORMS-G" Grant Application Forms and Instructions Coming for Due Dates on or after January 25, 2022

·         Notice Number: NOT-OD-21-169

·         https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-21-169.html

Purpose:

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, 2022.

The following application forms include substantive form changes (i.e., new/deleted/modified fields). All other forms include only an OMB expiration date change.

• SF424 R&R
• R&R Senior/Key Person Profile (Expanded)
• R&R Budget and Associated Subaward Budget Attachment(s) Form
• Project/Performance Site Location(s)
• PHS 398 Training Budget and Associated Subaward Budget Attachment(s) Form
• PHS Additional Indirect Costs
• PHS Fellowship Supplemental Form
• PHS Human Subjects and Clinical Trials Information
• SBIR/STTR Information

Key changes:

• As part of the federal-wide transition from the DUN and Bradstreet (D&B) Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) number to the new government-owned Unique Entity Identifier (UEI), applicants will be required to have a UEI to apply for federal grants or cooperative agreements. The System for Award Management (SAM) will become the central repository for the new UEI that will be incorporated into an institution’s SAM registration. Although agencies are not required to fully transition until April 2022, NIH, AHRQ, and FDA will transition for due dates on or after January 25, 2022 to align with standard application and review cycles. See NOT-OD-21-170 for more information.
• NIH will require the use of the updated Biographical Sketch and Other Support format pages for submissions on or after January 25, 2022. See NOT-OD-21-073, NOT-OD-21-110, and NOT-OD-21-122 for more information.
• Targeting due dates on or after January 25, 2022, all Senior/Key personnel listed on the R&R Senior/Key Person Profile (Expanded) form will be required to have an eRA Commons username (Commons ID). Extension of the existing eRA Commons ID requirement to include all senior/key personnel will facilitate better data collection for individuals contributing to federally funded research as well as assist in disambiguating data on applications and facilitating the identification of conflicts of interest in peer review. See NOT-OD-21-109 for more information.

Availability of FORMS-G Application Packages
FORMS-G application packages will be posted as follows

• New funding opportunity announcements (FOAs) will be posted with FORMS-G application packages beginning October 25, 2021.
• New FOAs posted before October 25, 2021 with initial due dates on or after January 25, 2022 will be posted without application forms until updated forms are available. Application packages will be added to these FOAs by November 25, 2021.
• All active Parent and IC-issued FOAs with due dates on or after January 25, 2022 will be updated to add FORMS-G application packages between October 25, 2021 and November 25, 2021.

Click to see High-level Summary of Form Changes in FORMS-G Application Packages for a full list of form changes.

To access full notice, please click link below:

https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-21-169.html

Please contact the Office of Sponsored Programs if you have any questions.