R01 Application to Award Timeline by Review Cycle
This timeline
tells you what to expect for R01 funding by review cycle in fiscal year 2011. Other application types use different receipt dates; check NIH's Standard Due Dates for Competing Applications. For initiative receipt dates, see the funding opportunity announcement.
For a graphical version that includes resubmission timing, see R01 Application to Award Timeline for Initial Submission and Resubmission.
| Application Steps |
|
Review Cycle 1 |
Review Cycle 2 |
Review Cycle 3 |
1. Prepare application. Get advice from NIAID's All About Grants and mentors. |
Depends on grant type, investigator experience, other factors. |
Depends on grant type, investigator experience, other factors. |
Depends on grant type, investigator experience, other factors. |
| Submission |
Review Cycle 1 |
Review Cycle 2 |
Review Cycle 3 |
2. Organization submits the application by the receipt date.
Leave enough time to make corrections.
The application goes to Grants.gov and then eRA Commons for validation. |
New non-AIDS applications:
By February 5, 2010
All AIDS applications:
By May 7, 2010
Resubmissions,
non-AIDS:
By March 5, 2010 |
New non-AIDS applications:
By June 7, 2010
All AIDS applications:
By September 7, 2010
Resubmissions,
non-AIDS:
By July 6, 2010 |
New non-AIDS applications:
By October 5, 2010
All AIDS applications:
By January 7, 2011
Resubmissions,
non-AIDS:
By November 5, 2010 |
| Review |
Review Cycle 1 |
Review Cycle 2 |
Review Cycle 3 |
3. Assignment. Find the institute and integrated review group in Commons. |
Within two weeks |
Within two weeks |
Within two weeks |
| 4. NIH assigns applications to reviewers. |
May 2010 |
September 2010 |
January 2011 |
5. Applications undergo initial peer review. Find overall impact/priority scores in the Commons five days after initial peer review.
Find summary statements six to eight weeks later, sooner for new investigators. |
June or
July 2010 |
October or November 2010 |
February or
March 2011 |
| After Review |
Review Cycle 1 |
Review Cycle 2 |
Review Cycle 3 |
6. NIAID begins to fund applications that undergo expedited
second-level review. |
Starting in October 2010* |
Starting in November 2010 |
Starting in March 2011 |
7. NIAID Council approves funding for selective pay and non-expedited applications. |
September 27, 2010 |
February 7, 2011 |
May 23, 2011 |
8. NIAID funds selective pay and non-expedited awards.
These are the earliest project start dates. Some applications are deferred for possible funding later in the fiscal year. |
December 2010 through end of fiscal year |
April 2011
through end of fiscal year |
July 2011
through end of fiscal year |
| 9. End of fiscal year. |
Fiscal year 2011 ends on September 30, 2011. |
* For step 6, expedited second-level review for cycle 1 occurs toward the end of the fiscal year; however, by law, NIAID cannot fund applications until the next fiscal year.
For a graphical version that includes resubmission timing, see R01 Application to Award Timeline for Initial Submission and Resubmission.
For more resources and advice, see the Application Tools for All About
Grants. |
