Grants Policy Statement
The revised NIH Grants Policy Statement (NIHGPS) has been published, replacing the April 2021 version as standard terms and conditions of award. This revision applies to all NIH grants and cooperative agreements with budget periods beginning on or after October 1, 2021.
The full NIH GPS can be accessed in HTML or PDF formats. Additionally, NIH has published a summary of significant changes for this revision.
FORMS-G
Reminder that submissions to NIH funding opportunities with due dates on or after January 25, 2022 must use updated application forms and instructions identified with a Competition ID of “FORMS-G.”
Key changes in the FORMS-G update include:
- Transition from DUNS to a unique entity identifier (UEI) issued by SAM.gov as the official identifier for doing business with the federal government (NOT-OD-21-170.) See Goodbye DUNS, Hello UEI.
- Updated biosketch and other support format pages (NOT-OD-21-110.)
- Updated country and state dropdown lists across all forms.
- Increased character limit to 100 characters for “Department” and “Division” fields.
- Expanded requirement for a Commons ID to all senior/key personnel (NOT-OD-21-109.)
- Increased number of “Other” direct cost budget lines from 3 to 10.
- Added “Childcare Costs” section to Fellowship Supplemental Form (NOT-OD-21-074.)
- Added question regarding Technical and Business Assistance (TABA) to the SBIR/STTR Information form (NOT-OD-21-082.)
Related resources
- New NIH “FORMS-G” Grant Application Forms and Instructions Coming for Due Dates on or after January 25, 2022 (NOT-OD-21-169.)
• High-level Summary of Form Changes in FORMS-G Application Packages