| Referral & Review |
| Jan 10 | All institutional* National Research Service Award (NRSA) applications |
| May 10 | |
| Sep 10 | |
| Jan 25 | AREA |
| May 25 | |
| Sep 25 | |
| Feb 1 | All new research project (R01), conference, and research career applications All program project and center grant applications* |
| Jun 1 | |
| Oct 1 | |
| Mar 1 | Revised, competing continuation, and supplemental research grant applications |
| Jul 1 | |
| Nov 1 | |
| Apr 1 | Small Business Innovation Research Program (SBIR), Phase I, and Phase II; Small Business Technology Transfer Program (STTR), Phase I and II (Phase II applicants must have completed a federally-funded Phase I project) |
| Aug 1 | |
| Dec 1 | |
| Apr 5 | All individual* National Research Service Award (NRSA) applications |
| Aug 5 | |
| Dec 5 | |
| May 1 | Investigator-initiated Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) applications for expedited review* |
| Sep 1 | |
| Jan 2 |
* Includes new, competing, continuation, supplemental, and revised