May 25, 2014

Upcoming NIH Submission Deadlines and eRA Downtime

A busy NIH deadline period approaches. Please be aware of the following: 


  • Adjustments to May 25-28 Grant Application Due Dates(NOT-OD-14-070) National Institutes of Health. 
    Reminder: Over Memorial Day weekend, all eRA services will be completely shut down (this means both Commons and ASSIST). 
    The systems will be brought down at 8:00pm on Friday, May 23 and are expected to be restored to service by Tuesday, May 27 at 6:00am.  This downtime is to complete the upgrade of all eRA systems so they are Unicode capable. 
    Applications are due to
    your OSPA Satellite Office five (5) full business days prior to the applicable due date and time.
  • Due Date: Thursday, June 5, 5:00 pm CT
    R01: NIH Research Project Grant Program (PA-13-302)
    U01: Research Project Cooperative Agreement
    Applications are due to your OSPA Satellite Office by 8:00am on Friday, May 30.  
  • Due date: Thursday, June 12, 5:00 pm CTK series: Career Development AwardsApplications are due to your OSPA Satellite Office by 8:00am on Friday, June 6.
  • Due Date: Monday, June 16, 5:00 pm CTR21: NIH Exploratory/Development Research Grant Program (PA-13-303)Applications are due to your OSPA Satellite Office by 8:00am on Tuesday, June 10.  

Should you have questions, please contact me or your OSPA Pre-Award staff.

Have a safe and happy holiday weekend,


Jill