Office of Research Affairs

Overview

The Office of Research Affairs (ORA) provides support for research being conducted at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM). The ORA serves as a "research hub" to assist faculty in expanding collaborative, innovate research that will lead to an increased number of novel competitive grant applications to a variety of funding agencies. The ORA staff provides a wide-range of services to SOM faculty.

ORA Mission and Services >

NIH Grant Submission Policy

The UMSOM requires the following:

• All NIH grant front pages, budget and personnel items should be submitted to the ORA by 5 pm, seven (7) business days prior to the grant deadline.
• All elements of the proposal must be routed in final form to Sponsored Programs Administration (SPA) by 5pm five (5) business days prior to the grant deadline.

Internal Grant Routing Policy
UMSOM policies and procedures for grant routing & submissions.

Upcoming NIH Deadlines

Download a complete list of internal routing deadlines for standard NIH due dates:  

2025 NIH Standard Due Dates and Internal Routing Deadlines

Cycle I NIH Submission Deadlines for 2025

Jan. 7th, 2025:  all AIDS-related applications

• Jan. 2nd by 5pm: all front pages submitted to ORA
• Jan. 2nd by 5pm: final proposal submitted to SPA

Jan. 25th, 2025:  all P series, T series, C06, U19, R25, R18, U18 new, renewals, resubmissions, revisions

• Jan. 15th by 5pm: all front pages submitted to ORA
• Jan. 17th by 5pm: final proposal submitted to SPA

Feb. 5th, 2025:  R01 and U01 new applications

• Jan. 27th by 5pm: all front pages submitted to ORA
• Jan. 29th by 5pm: final proposal submitted to SPA

Feb. 12th, 2025:  K series new applications

• Feb. 3rd by 5pm: all front pages submitted to ORA
• Feb. 5th by 5pm: final proposal submitted to SPA

Feb. 16th, 2025:  R03, R21, R33, R34, R36, U34, UH2, UH3 new applications

• Feb. 6th by 5pm: all front pages submitted to ORA
• Feb. 10th by 5pm: final proposal submitted to SPA

March. 5th, 2025: R01 and U01 renewals, resubmissions and revisions

• Feb. 24th by 5pm: all front pages submitted to ORA
• Feb. 26th by 5pm: final proposal submitted to SPA

March. 12th, 2025: K series renewals, resubmissions and revisions

• Mar. 3rd by 5pm: all front pages submitted to ORA
• Mar. 5th by 5pm: final proposal submitted to SPA

March 16th, 2025:  R03, R21, R33, R34, R36, U34, UH2, UH3 renewals, resubmissions and revisions

• Mar. 6th by 5pm: all front pages submitted to ORA
• Mar. 10th by 5pm: final proposal submitted to SPA

Apr. 8th, 2025:  all F series applications

• Mar. 28th by 5pm: all front pages submitted to ORA
• Apr. 1st by 5pm: final proposal submitted to SPA

Apr. 12th, 2025:  all R13 and U13 applications 

• Apr. 3rd by 5pm: all front pages submitted to ORA
• Apr. 5th by 5pm: final proposal submitted to SPA