Proposal Deadlines Impacted by COVID-19

Updated 7/4/2020; 2:50 pm - updated to reflect that NIH is now following their standard Late Application Policy, unless an NIH IC has issued a specific announcement. See more information below.

Some sponsors are accommodating late applications, or shifting proposal deadlines. Below is a summary of select sponsor information. Notify your assigned SPA Project Officer if you need to submit an application late. The SPA Project Officer is the direct liaison with the sponsor, and will provide you with the appropriate instructions to move forward.

Sponsor: NIH
Description: Some NIH ICs have issued late notices for specific funding opportunities, which are posted on the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19): Information for NIH Applicants and Recipients of NIH Funding website. For all other Funding Opportunity Announcements NIH is taking a very flexible stance for applications submitted within the standard two week late policy. Applicants should include a cover letter with an explanation for the late submission.

Sponsor: NSF
Description: Impact on Existing Deadlines

Sponsor: DOD: USAMRAA/CDMRP
Description: See USAMRAA’s Supplemental Guidance on Administrative Flexibilities for Grants and Cooperative Agreements in Response to COVID-19 Pandemic - this response may be updated at a later date. Check back.

Sponsor: DOE
Description: See Accommodating Interruptions from Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) - If PI or applicant institution are subject to a quarantine or a closure, deadlines for submitting pre-applications, letters of intent, or applications may be extended by no more than fourteen (14) days from the applicable due date. Contact your SPA Project Officer prior to the applicable due date.

Sponsor: DARPA
Description: See FAQs about COVID-19 for DARPA Performers

Sponsor: NEH
Description: See NEH Applicants and Grantees Impacted by the Coronavirus - application deadlines will not be extended

Sponsor: NOAA
Description: See NOAA COVID-19 Guidance.

Sponsor

AHRQ

Description

Flexibilities Available to AHRQ Recipients and Applicants Directly Impacted by the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Due to Loss of Operations
"AHRQ will be highly accommodating of late applications submitted through May 1, 2020. We anticipate, but cannot guarantee, that all late applications submitted by that date will be reviewed in the council round to which they were submitted. As much as AHRQ would like to extend flexibility further, this rapidly evolving situation also creates multiple challenges for conducting peer review, and the timeline for getting review outcomes completed (so that funding can occur) can only be delayed so long. Therefore, applicants should assume that late applications submitted after May 1 may experience delay in peer review."

Sponsor: ARPA-E
Description: Prospective and current applicants are encouraged to check ARPA-E eXCHANGE for revised submission deadlines. Almost all deadlines have been changed in response to requests from various parties.