Submission Timeline: NIH and Grants.gov – A Guide to Understanding the Deadlines

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There are three essential steps to the process of submitting an application to NIH via Grants.gov relevant to understanding the deadlines:

1. The completed application is submitted to Grants.gov by OSP

2. The file is transferred from Grants.gov to ERA Commons

3. The application is reviewed by the PI and confirmed to be correct in ERA Commons by both the PI and OSP. If errors are found, the PI should notify OSP to request that the application be rejected and a corrected version resubmitted. If the application is not rejected within two days (excluding Saturday and Sunday) of its appearance in Commons, NIH will assume confirmation and continue processing the application for review.

For an application to be considered “on time,” the confirmed application must have been submitted to Grants.gov (Step 1) before the NIH due date.