NIH and other PHS agencies are transitioning to Restructured Application Forms with new page limits. For a period of time between November, 2009 and the beginning of February, 2010, applicants must carefully select which version of the FOA and application package they should be using, and during this period all active funding opportunities will be clearly noted in the “Competition ID” field of the forms package. All applications intended for due dates before January 25, 2010 must use the current application packages and instructions (Competition ID of ADOBE-FORMS-A). All applications intended for due dates on or after January 25, 2010 must use the new application packages and instructions (Competition ID of ADOBE-FORMS-B).

Instructions for Restructured Application Forms to be used with FOAs intended for due dates on or after January 25, 2010 that indicate “ADOBE-FORMS-B” in the “Competition ID” field of the SF424 (R&R) forms package can be found at

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/424/index.htm