Interim Guidance on Reopening of NIH Extramural Activities

Key Dates

Related Announcements

October 1, 2025 – Information for the NIH Extramural Community During the Lapse of Federal Government Funding. See Notice NOT-OD-26-004.

Issued by

NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (NIH)

Purpose

NIH is working to reestablish dates for grant and contract submissions, determine how to communicate details related to missed review meetings, reschedule dates for training, and other activities that were scheduled to occur during and immediately following the period of the government shutdown.

As of today, we can confirm that we will be rescheduling all October and November grant application submission deadlines (specific dates to be announced in a future Notice). By delaying due dates that occurred both during the lapse in funding and in the week following, applicants will have access to NIH staff and the help desks as they develop their applications.

Peer review meetings that were scheduled to take place between October 1 and November 14 have been cancelled and will be rescheduled, details to come. Additionally, council meetings that were scheduled to take place between October 1 and November 14 were cancelled and will be rescheduled, details to come.

During the shutdown, the eRA system remained open and available to accept application submissions. As such, eRA is currently reviewing service desk ticket requests from entities and individuals that needed assistance with login and passwords. eRA staff will address the tickets on a first come, first serve basis. Please note that due to the volume the response time may be longer than usual.

The eRA system was also available for recipients to submit Research Performance and Progress Reports, Federal Financial Reports, etc. The email reminders and submission confirmations were held and will be sent out in the coming weeks. If you submitted any reports during this time, no additional action is required unless you are contacted by NIH staff.

NIH will provide additional information, including a Notice on NIH operations during a continuing resolution, as soon as it is available.

Inquiries

Please direct all inquiries to:

NIH Office of Policy for Extramural Research Administration (OPERA)
Division of Grants Policy
grantspolicy@nih.gov