DCB Administrative Supplement Information for FY26

DCB-supported principal investigators can submit applications for investigator-initiated administrative supplement projects that fit within the DCB research portfolio and are within scope of the parent award. 

 Please contact your program director if you have an idea for an investigator-initiated administrative supplement project.  

Application Due Date: 

NCI will accept and consider administrative supplement requests at any time through July 31. 

Requests received after July 31 will not be considered for funding. Investigators are strongly encouraged to apply early to be considered for FY26 funds.

Application and Submission Information

Please visit the NIH Administrative Supplement webpage for information on NIH application process.

Applications must be submitted using the NIH Administrative Supplement Parent Announcement or its subsequent reissued equivalent:

• PA-26-001 Administrative Supplements to Existing NIH Grants and Cooperative Agreements (Parent Admin Supp Clinical Trial Optional)
• Access, prepare, and submit application forms using your chosen submission option (ASSIST, institutional system-to-system solution, Grants.gov Workspace).

All instructions in the SF424 (R&R) Application Guide and PA-26-001 must be followed, with the following additions:

Eligibility

• Only current awardees of an active NCI-funded (CA only) R01, R37 (including the initial segment, during the extension process, and the extension segment), R00, P01, P30, P50, U01, UM1, UH3, U24, U54 or U19 are eligible to apply.
• The existing parent award must be active with a minimum of one year remaining on the parent award (at the time of submission).
• The project and budget periods of the supplement must be within the currently approved project period for the existing parent award.
• The proposed project must be within the scope of the parent award.
• Administrative supplements are NOT permitted during a no-cost extension.
• If an applicant anticipates a balance of 25% or more of the current total costs for the parent grant, please contact the scientific research contact prior to applying.
• Only one supplement application per parent award will be accepted for consideration. For supplements to parent awards that include multiple program directors (PDs)/principal investigators (PIs), the supplement may be requested by any or all the PDs/PIs (in accordance with the existing leadership plan) and submitted by the awardee institution of the parent award.

Budget

• The administrative supplement application budget is limited to 1 year only.
• Administrative supplements may only be used to meet increased costs that are within the scope of the approved award but were unforeseen when the new or renewal application or grant progress report for non-competing continuation support was submitted; supplements designed to meet cost increases for unanticipated expenses within the original scope of the project will not be considered.
• Publication costs and costs for travel to scientific conferences will not be supported.

Submitting Applications

• Application Due Date: NCI will accept and consider administrative supplement requests at any time through July 31. Requests received after July 31 will not be considered for funding. You are strongly encouraged to apply early to be considered for FY26 funds.
• To facilitate efficient processing of the request, applicants are strongly encouraged to notify the assigned NCI program official for the parent award that a request has been submitted in response to this announcement.

Applicants are encouraged to discuss their application with their program director.