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Howard Temin Pathway to Independence Award in Cancer Research (K99/R00)

Submitting an Application

In submitting a competing K99/R00 Howard Temin Award, the applicant must use the PHS 398 Form (Revised 11/2007) 1, and should download the instructions and the Research Career Development Award form files. Refer to Section III of the instructions, "Preparing an Individual CDA Application". It is suggested that you print, if possible, the pages of PHS 398 Form (Revised 11/2007) 1 and carefully review all pages, especially the section titled "NOTABLE CHANGES MADE TO PHS 398. This section contains information to facilitate the completion of your application.

The PHS 398 Form (Revised 11/2007) 1 is also available at most institutional offices of sponsored research and from the Division of Extramural Outreach and Information Resources, Office of Extramural Research, NIH, Phone (301) 435-0714, Fax (301) 480-0525, E-mail: GrantsInfo@nih.gov.

Application Receipt Dates and Review Schedule

  Receipt Date: New Application Receipt Date: Amended Application Initial Review Council Review Earliest Possible Start Date*
Receipt Cycle 1 February 12 March 12 June/July September/October December
Receipt Cycle 2 June 12 July 12 October/November January/February April
Receipt Cycle 3 October 12 November 12 February/March May/June July

If the application receipt date falls on a weekend, the application must be postmarked by the application receipt date and received at the Center for Scientific Review (CSR) by the following Monday.

If the application receipt date falls on a holiday, (but not on a weekend), the application must be postmarked by the application receipt date and received at CSR by the following day.

* Start dates are determined by the availability of NCI funds and may not occur until well after the earliest possible start date.



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1http://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/phs398/phs398.html