UW Research

July 28, 2025

NIH: Proposal Limits on AI & Applications per PI

On 7/17/2025, NIH released Supporting Fairness and Originality in NIH Research Applications NOT-OD-25-132.

This new policy is effective for all applications submitted on or after September 25, 2025:

  • NIH will not consider applications that are either substantially developed by AI, or contain sections substantially developed by AI.

    • If the detection of AI is identified post award, NIH may refer to the Office of Research Integrity to determine whether there is research misconduct while simultaneously taking enforcement actions.

    • We recommend limited use of AI. Please refer to any guidance your school or department has provided on AI usage.

  • NIH will only accept six new, renewal, resubmission, or revision applications from an individual Principal Investigator/Program Director or Multiple Principal Investigator for all council rounds in a calendar year.

    • This new NIH policy applies to all activity codes except T activity codes and R13 Conference Grant Applications.

We are looking forward to additional details and clarifications on this policy from NIH. 

 

UW PI NIH Submission Report

We are developing a UW PI NIH Submission Report to assist with identifying NIH submissions per calendar year, per individual. This report will be available soon via the RAD Group Reports SharePoint site.

In the meantime, please email grantrpt@uw.edu to request a copy for your Cost Center or Investigators.

The report includes eGC1s for new, renewal, resubmission, or revisions with NIH deadline dates during the current calendar year. Individuals are listed on the report if they are named as the following roles on the SAGE eGC1: PI, Multiple PI or Application PI. Activity code, such as “R01”, is listed when available in SAGE.

Please note, mentors listed on an NIH application but as a PI in SAGE will not have that application counted as one of the 6 NIH submissions allowed for that individual. Fellows listed as PI in the NIH application but as Application PI in SAGE would have that application counted as one of the 6 NIH submissions allowed for that fellow.

Questions about the report data? Email grantrpt@uw.edu

 

Thank you,  
The Office of Research