Effective for submissions on or after January 25, 2011, the National Institutes of Health, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health will no longer accept corrected or changed applications once the submission deadline has passed, even if those corrections or changes result from errors or warnings generated by the eRA Commons. There will continue to be an application-review window for two business days after submission, but any changes or corrections must be made in advance of the proposal submission deadline.
This decision underscores the importance of OSP's deadline policy, which envisions that proposals will normally be submitted at least one to two days before the actual submission deadline precisely to allow time to correct any errors or other proposal issues that are identified post-submission. PIs are encouraged to contact OSP as soon as the decision to submit a proposal is made, but not less than three weeks (15 business days) before the sponsor's submission deadline, to allow for proper review of the proposal and for obtaining the necessary administrative approvals.