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:   2023 Standard NIH Deadlines

 April 8th, 2023: all F series

• March 30^th by 5pm: all front pages submitted to ORA
• April 3^rd by 5pm: final proposal submitted to SPA

 April 12th, 2023: all R13 & U13

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

May 25th, 2023: all P, R18, U18, R25, D and T series

• May 16^th by 5pm: all front pages submitted to ORA
• May 18^th by 5pm: final proposal submitted to SPA

June 5th, 2023: new R01 and U01

• May 25^th by 5pm: all front pages submitted to ORA
• May 30^th by 11am: final proposal submitted to SPA

June 12th, 2023: new K series

• June 1^st by 5pm: all front pages submitted to ORA
• June 5^th by 5pm: final proposal submitted to SPA

 June 16th, 2023: new R03, R21, R33, R34, R36, U34, UH2, UH3

• June 7^th by 5pm: all front pages submitted to ORA
• June 9^th by 5pm: final proposal submitted to SPA

 July 5th, 2023: R01 and U01 renewals, resubmissions and revisions

• June 23^rd by 5pm: all front pages submitted to ORA
• June 27^th by 5pm: final proposal submitted to SPA

July 12th, 2023: K series renewals, resubmissions and revisions

• June 30^th by 5pm: all front pages submitted to ORA
• July 5^th by 5pm: final proposal submitted to SPA

July 16th, 2023: R03, R21, R33, R34, R36, U34, UH2, UH3 renewals, resubmissions and revisions

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