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Grant Services News & Updates

From the June 17 NIH eSubmission Newsletter:

July 5^th R01 Deadline is On: With the July 4^th federal holiday falling on Thursday, it’s quite tempting to make an extra-long weekend and take Friday off, too. Don’t forget that NIH’s July 5^th R01 deadline will take place as scheduled - even if your own organization is closed. Get your applications in early and enjoy some time off!!

SF424 Forms – Version C – Coming Soon: Applications to FOAs with due dates on/after September 25, 2013 must use updated forms (FORMS-C), except:

• Career Development, Fellowship, and Training  FOAs will transition to updated forms for deadlines on/after January 25, 2014
• Small Business FOAs will NOT transition to updated forms until Small Business Reauthorization form changes are also available – timing TBD

For more information, see NOT-OD-13-074

The Same But Different: We are starting to receive some inquiries regarding the new look and feel of Grants.gov application form packages. Don’t panic - we haven’t jumped the gun and started posting FORMS-C form packages yet. However, Grants.gov has updated the initial Grant Application Package screen used to manage the forms within existing packages. The changes are actually quite nice. Mandatory forms are now automatically included in your application without dragging them from one side of the page to the other and optional forms can be added with a simple check-box. Each form is also hyperlinked for easy access. Basic opportunity information  (opportunity title, offering agency, etc.) remains at the top of the screen. This is also where you can find the Competition ID which, at least for now, should say ADOBE-FORMS-B1 or B2.

Since it is the exact same opportunity with the same underlying application forms just presented in a slightly different way, you can continue to use the same application package for your submission regardless of whether the old or new Grant Application Package screen is used.