Grants Policies, Study Sections, Application Revisions, and More

Keep up with the most recent information on grants policies, application reviews, and other related topics.

NIH-Wide Policies

Early Career Status Policies

• NIH Early-Stage Investigator (ESI) and New Investigator (NI) policies
  Learn about how NIH prioritizes awards that fund early-stage investigators, eligibility status, extensions, and find information on related data and reports.
• Extramural Nexus 
  Get the latest information on grants policies and processes from the Office of Extramural Research blog. 

Study Sections

All NIH grant applications are reviewed in study sections, organized by the Center for Scientific Review (CSR).

• Use the Assisted Referral Tool (ART) to find potential study sections that match your work.
• Find information about each study section, including which reviewers are on the study section.
• The Early-Stage Career Reviewer program aims to help early career scientists become more competitive as grant applicants through first-hand experience with peer review and to enrich and diversify CSR’s pool of trained reviewers. 
• Each study section has the contact information for the Scientific Review Officer (SRO) who can be contacted to volunteer to serve on a Review Panel.  

Institute/Center-Specific Policies

• National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH):
  NIMH Peer Reviewer Registration Form
  Apply to join the panel of peer reviewers for NIMH grants.
• National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS):
  NIGMS Feedback Loop Blog
  Subscribe to receive the latest updates from NIGMS.