NIH guide

NIH requirements, in NIH's own words, with dates.

Each page below is generated from GrantAmp's copy of the NIH pages it cites and rebuilt when a cited page changes. Every excerpt shows NIH's date and the date GrantAmp retrieved it.

• R01 page limits

  The NIH page limits for an R01 application, from NIH's Page Limits table and Application Guide, with the date NIH last updated each page and the date GrantAmp retrieved it.

  NIH last updated 2026-06-22. Retrieved 2026-09-07.

• NIH format rules for application attachments

  Font, type density, margins, paper size, hyperlinks, flattening, and the other attachment format rules, in NIH's own words from the Format Attachments page, with the date NIH last updated it.

  NIH last updated 2024-09-30. Retrieved 2026-09-07.

• NIH's AI policy, explained from the notices

  What NOT-OD-25-132, the Grants Policy Statement, NOT-OD-23-149, and the 2026 NIH and ORI guidance say about AI in applications, in NIH's own words with dates.

  NIH last updated 2026-08-14. Retrieved 2026-09-07.

• The Common Forms, explained

  The Biographical Sketch Common Form, the NIH Biographical Sketch Supplement, and the Current and Pending (Other) Support Common Form: what NIH adopted, when it took effect, and what the Application Guide says, in NIH's own words.

  NIH last updated 2026-05-01. Retrieved 2026-09-07.

NOFO instructions supersede the Application Guide, and NIH Guide Notices supersede both.