What Post-submission Materials are Acceptable?

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The NIH restricts acceptable post-submission materials to those resulting from unforeseen administrative issues (with exceptions specified for institutional training mechanisms and certain funding opportunity announcements). Corrections of oversights/errors discovered after submission of the application are not allowed. The deadline for receipt of post-submission materials will be one month (30 calendar days) prior to the peer review meeting.

Acceptable post-submission materials for non-training applications

  • Revised budget page(s) (e.g., change in budget request due to new funding or institutional acquisition of equipment)
  • Biographical sketches (e.g., change in senior/key personnel due to the hiring, replacement, or loss of an investigator)
  • Letters of support or collaboration resulting from a change in senior/key personnel due to the hiring, replacement, or loss of an investigator
  • Adjustments resulting from natural disasters (e.g., loss of an animal colony)
  • Adjustments resulting from change of institution (e.g., PI moves to another university)

Acceptable post-submission materials for training and related applications

  • Updated information and data on the applicant pool, admissions, enrollment, appointments and/or achievements
  • Updated faculty research support
  • News of an article accepted for publication (a copy of the article should not be sent)