The National Institutes of Health (NIH) released NOT-OD-26-026 on January 21st announcing that, effective 30 days from the notice’s release, all prior approval requests must be submitted through the eRA Commons Prior Approval Module for all grant and cooperative agreement awards. Requests should no longer be sent via email.
As a reminder, IU Policy SPA-11- 018 requires all prior approval requests to be submitted to the Office for Research Administration (ORA) via the Non-Routed Administrative Request Form for review, approval, and submission to sponsors.
Please note that prior approval requests considered part of NIH’s “Other Request” category should include the following components and any documents must be in PDF format:
- Description of Request
- Effective Date
- Justification Document
- Budget Document (if applicable)
- Other Supporting Documentation
More information about the prior approval request types can be found in NOT-OD-26-026. If there are any additional questions, please email ora@iu.edu.