NIH Reminder: Policy on Application Compliance

In an effort to be fair to all, NIH has been consistently applying its standards for application compliance.  This consistency means that some applications recently have been rejected due to non-compliance.  Issues that can lead NIH to reject an application include but are no limited to:

• Applications containing one or more biosketches that do not conform to the required format (NOT-OD-15-032).

• Applications that do not conform to the page limit requirements because inappropriate materials have been included in other parts of the application (NOT-OD-11-080).

• Applications submitted as new but containing elements of a resubmission or renewal application (NOT-OD-15-059).

• Applications submitted after 5 PM local (applicant organization) time on the application due date  (NOT-OD-15-039).

If an application is rejected due to non-complaince, a rejection letter will be placed in the eRA Commons Status page for that application and the PI and appropriate University officials will be notified by email.

The original NIH Announcement can be found here.  For questions, contact your GPS.