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New AHRQ "FORMS-I" Grant Application Forms and Instructions Coming for Due Dates on or after January 25, 2025
NOT-HS-25-006: New AHRQ "FORMS-I" Grant Application Forms and Instructions Coming for Due Dates on or after January 25, 2025 New AHRQ "FORMS-I" Grant Application Forms and Instructions Coming for Due Dates on or after Ja...
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NOT-HS-25-006: New AHRQ "FORMS-I" Grant Application Forms and Instructions Coming for Due Dates on or after January 25, 2025 New AHRQ "FORMS-I" Grant Application Forms and Instructions Coming for Due Dates on or after January 25, 2025 Notice Number: NOT-HS-25-006 Key Dates Release Date: October 24, 2024 Related Announcements April 18, 2024 - Implementation of Revisions to the NIH and AHRQ Fellowship Application and Review Process. See Notice NOT-OD-24-107 Issued by AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH & QUALITY ( AHRQ ) Purpose This Notice informs the applicant and recipient communities of changes to grant application forms and application guide instructions for due dates on or after January 25, 2025. AHRQ utilizes OMB approved NIH forms. The following application forms include substantive form changes (i.e., new/deleted/modified fields). All other forms include only an OMB expiration date change. PHS 398 Research Training Program Plan PHS Fellowship Supplemental Form PHS Assignment Request Form PHS 398 Cover Page Supplement Form Key Changes: As part of AHRQ efforts to improve the peer review process for NRSA Fellowship applications, there will be modifications to some sections of the PHS Fellowship Supplement Form. Additional details available at Notice NOT-OD-24-107 . AHRQ adoption and required use of the Common Forms for Biographical Sketch and Current and Pending (Other) Support by May 2025. AHRQ will publish a Notice before the end of 2024. See High-level Summary of Form Changes in FORMS-I Application Packages for a full list of known form changes. These changes will be implemented with application form packages identified with a Competition ID of "FORMS-I" and associated application guide instructions. Additional guidance and confirmation of implementation plans will be provided in fall 2024. Effective Date Applicants must use FORMS-I application packages for due dates on or after January 25, 2025, and must use FORMS-H application packages for due dates on or before January 24, 2025. Applications submitted using an incorrect forms package for their intended due date will be withdrawn and will not undergo peer review. Availability of FORMS-I Application Guides Application guides for FORMS-I application packages will be posted to the How to Apply - Application Guide page in November 2024. AHRQ uses NIH application guides. Availability of FORMS-I Application Packages FORMS-I application packages will be posted as follows: New Notices of Funding Opportunities (NOFOs) will be posted with FORMS-H and/or FORMS-I application packages, as appropriate, beginning in November 2024. All active AHRQ NOFOs with due dates on or after January 25, 2025, will be reissued or updated to add FORMS-I application packages, with all application forms packages posted 30 calendar days or more prior to receipt dates. For a transition period, both FORMS-H and FORMS-I application packages will be active simultaneously. Applicants must choose the appropriate application package for their due date when presented with both FORMS-H and FORMS-I application packages on the same NOFO (see table below). Reminder: When an application due date falls on a weekend, Federal holiday, or Washington, DC area Federal office closure, the application deadline is automatically extended to the next business day. If your intended due date is? You must use... On or before January 24, 2025, including: Applications submitted for due dates on or before January 24, 2025 FORMS-H application package On or after January 25, 2025, including: Applications submitted for due dates on or after January 25, 2025 All application types (New, Resubmission, Renewal, Revision) Applications submitted early for intended due dates on or after January 25, 2025 FORMS-I application package Applications submitted using the incorrect application package for their due date will be withdrawn and will not undergo peer review. Resources High-level Summary of Form Changes in FORMS-I Application Packages Do I Have the Right Form Version for My Application? Application Forms, Form Updates, and Choosing the Correct Forms FAQs Inquiries Please direct all inquiries to: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Email: [email protected] Weekly TOC for this Announcement NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) NIH... Turning Discovery Into Health ®
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NOT-HS-25-006: New AHRQ "FORMS-I" Grant Application Forms and Instructions Coming for Due Dates on or after January 25, 2025 New AHRQ "FORMS-I" Grant Application Forms and Instructions Coming for Due Dates on or after January 25, 2025 Notice Number: NOT-HS-25-006 Key Dates Release Date: October 24, 2024 Related Announcements April 18, 2024 - Implementation of Revisions to the NIH and AHRQ Fellowship Application and Review Process. See Notice NOT-OD-24-107 Issued by AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH & QUALITY ( AHRQ ) Purpose This Notice informs the applicant and recipient communities of changes to grant application forms and application guide instructions for due dates on or after January 25, 2025. AHRQ utilizes OMB approved NIH forms. The following application forms include substantive form changes (i.e., new/deleted/modified fields). All other forms include only an OMB expiration date change. PHS 398 Research Training Program Plan PHS Fellowship Supplemental Form PHS Assignment Request Form PHS 398 Cover Page Supplement Form Key Changes: As part of AHRQ efforts to improve the peer review process for NRSA Fellowship applications, there will be modifications to some sections of the PHS Fellowship Supplement Form. Additional details available at Notice NOT-OD-24-107 . AHRQ adoption and required use of the Common Forms for Biographical Sketch and Current and Pending (Other) Support by May 2025. AHRQ will publish a Notice before the end of 2024. See 
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