What Is a “Rolling” Submission Date?
Most funding
opportunity announcements (FOAs) and notices of special interest (NOSIs)
provide specific due dates or point to our table of standard
due dates. Recently, we’ve posted a growing number of funding opportunities
indicating “applications will be accepted on a rolling basis.” This practice is
not new, but it is more common with “emergency” or “urgent” funding
opportunities meant to get funding to the community as quickly as
possible to address a critical need (e.g.,
COVID-19 Funding Opportunities Specific to COVID-19).
You may see a statement in the funding opportunity like …
Applications
will be accepted on a rolling basis through April 15, 2021 by 5:00 PM local
time of the applicant organization. [Excerpt from NOT-AA-20-011
posted April 16.]
The
Key Dates section in this NOSI indicates the first available due date is May
15, 2020. For this example, the earliest you could submit was May 15, 2020 and
you can submit any day up to and including April 15, 2021. The notice expires April 16, 2021.
Or, something
like …
[Excerpts
from Key Dates section of PAR-20-092]
Open Date – January 24, 2020Application Due Date(s) – Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis, beginning on February 24, 2020.Scientific Merit Review
Applications received by May 1, 2020 will be reviewed by August 1, 2020;Applications received by September 1, 2020 will be reviewed by December 1, 2020;Applications received by January 1, 2021 will be ...
Source: NIH Extramural Nexus - Category: Research Authors: NIH Staff Tags: You Ask, We Answer due date rolling submission Source Type: funding