SRS Updates

NIH Limits Number of Applications per Principal Investigator Per Calendar Year.

NIH has issued NOT-OD-25-132, Supporting Fairness and Originality in NIH Research Applications

This policy is effective for applications submitted to the September 25, 2025, receipt date and beyond.

NIH is providing guidance to researchers on the appropriate usage of artificial intelligence (AI) to maintain the fairness and originality of NIH’s research application process. NIH is also instituting a new policy limiting the number of applications that NIH will consider per Principal Investigator per calendar year. 

Policy:  NIH will not consider applications that are either substantially developed by AI, or contain sections substantially developed by AI, to be original ideas of applicants. If the detection of AI is identified post award, NIH may refer the matter to the Office of Research Integrity to determine whether there is research misconduct while simultaneously taking enforcement actions including but not limited to disallowing costs, withholding future awards, wholly or in part suspending the grant, and possible termination.

NIH will only accept six new, renewal, resubmission, or revision applications from an individual Principal Investigator/Program Director or Multiple Principal Investigator for all council rounds in a calendar year.

This policy applies to all activity codes except T activity codes and R13 Conference Grant Applications. Based on recent data, this limit will affect a relatively small number of Principal Investigators while enabling the NIH to maintain consistently high-quality grant application review and appropriately steward taxpayer dollars.

NIH Will Stop Posting Notices of Funding Opportunities in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts in FY2026

NOT-OD-25-143 Notice informs the extramural community that, beginning in fiscal year 2026, NIH will no longer post NOFOs in the NIH Guide. Grants.gov will serve as NIH’s single official source for grant and cooperative agreement funding opportunities. The NIH Guide will continue to be used for policy and informational notices.

What to Expect in FY2026

• NIH NOFOs will no longer be accessible from the NIH Guide.
• All NIH NOFOs (expired and active) will remain searchable on Grants.gov using their Classic search or their new Simpler search.
• NOFOs will no longer be included in the weekly NIH Guide Table of Contents subscription emails. You can use Grants.gov subscription services to receive notifications of new NIH funding opportunities.
• NIH will continue to provide tools in the Funding section of NIH Grants & Funding to identify potential funding categories, topics, and opportunities you may be interested in. Any funding opportunity identified through our site will link to Grants.gov for the official opportunity posting.

Implementation Update: Common Forms for Biographical Sketch and Current and Pending (Other) Support

• NIH’s adoption of the Common Forms (originally scheduled for May 25, 2025) will go into effect January 25, 2026.
  • On or before September 15,NIH will launch preview versions of the NIH Common Forms within SciENcv (NOT-OD-25-152):
    • – These “preview forms” are not final or official versions but are meant to provide users with the opportunity to view the new system functionality and instructions.
    •  – Data entered in these preview forms will be deleted and no longer accessible when the official NIH Common Forms become available (anticipated November 2025).
• REMINDER: Continue to use NIH-specific format pages. Failure to use the required forms or format pages may cause NIH to withdraw your application from consideration.

For more information see (PREVIEW) Current and Pending (Other) Support (CPOS) Common Form | Grants & Funding

SRS Executive Leadership Team will begin hosting monthly office hours starting this November

Dear Research Community,

We’re pleased to announce that the SRS Executive Leadership Team will begin hosting monthly office hours starting this November.  Our first session will be held on Wednesday, November 19th, from 8:00am until 9:00am, in the SRS Conference Room 109, 400 Harvey Mitchell Pkwy, Suite 300. This initial session will be in-person to encourage direct connection and conversation.  This is a come and go format and muffins and coffee will be provided.

Going forward, office hours will alternate each month between in-person and virtual formats to provide flexibility and accessibility for all participants.

These sessions are designed to provide an open forum to share ideas, ask questions, and raise any concerns directly with leadership team.   We encourage you to take advantage of this opportunity to engage with the leadership team and contribute to ongoing dialogue across our research administration community.

Warm regards,
SRS Executive Leadership Team