New NIH “FORMS-I” Grant Application Forms & Instructions

As a reminder, NIH is transitioning from Forms-H to Forms I for all grant applications due on or after January 25, 2025. The Weill Research Gateway (WRG) has already been updated, and Forms I is available for any submissions due on or after January 25th. 

For a transition period, both form packages will be active simultaneously. Applicants must choose the appropriate application package for their due date. 

Intended due date

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Applications due on or before January 24, 2025, including:

  • Applications submitted under NIH Late Policy 2-week window of consideration for intended due dates on or before January 24, 2025
  • Applications submitted by February 1, 2025, under NIH Continuous Submission Policy for the January 7, 2025, AIDS intended due date

Forms-H

Applications due on or after January 25, 2025, including:

  • All application types (New, Resubmission, Renewal, Revision)
  • Applications submitted early for intended due dates on or after January 25, 2025

Forms-I

Below are highlights of the key changes to a subset of the application forms. All other forms include only an OMB expiration date change.

Form

Change

PHS 398 Research Training Program Plan

Added "Recruitment Plan to Enhance Diversity" attachment to Training Program Section

PHS Fellowship Supplemental Form

“Specific Aims”, “Research Strategy”, “Respective Contributions”, and “Selection of Sponsor and Institution” attachments replaced with “Training Activities and Timeline”, “Research Training Project Specific Aims”, and “Research Training Project Strategy”

PHS Fellowship Supplemental Form

“Sponsor and Co-Sponsor Statements” attachment renamed “Sponsor(s) Commitment”; and “Description of Candidate’s Contribution to the Program Goals” attachment moved into this section

PHS Fellowship Supplemental Form

“Institutional Environment and Commitment to Training Section” removed including the “Description of Institutional Environment and Commitment to Training” attachment

Training Data Tables

Updated instructions for more clarity, removal of redundancies, updated examples

Application guide form FORMS-I application packages are available here.

A high-level summary of the Form changes are available here

Reissued NIH Parent Announcements

To align with the transition to “FORMS-I”, NIH has reissued the following Parent announcements:

  • Parent R01 Basic Experimental Studies with Humans Required : PA-25-303
  • Parent R01 Clinical Trial Required: PA-25-305
  • Parent R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed: PA-25-301
  • Parent R03 Clinical Trial Not Allowed: PA-25-302
  • Parent R21 Basic Experimental Studies with Humans Required: PA-25-307
  • Parent R21 Clinical Trial Required: PA-25-306
  • Parent R21 Clinical Trial Not Allowed: PA-25-304

All active Parent and IC-issued funding opportunities with due dates on or after January 25, 2025, will be reissued or updated to add FORMS-I application packages. Active parent announcements are available here

If you have initiated a proposal in WRG using any expired parent announcements, please reach out to your assigned Grants Specialist and they can assist in updating the record to the new program announcement.

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