NIH grant forms
NIH Other Support format and instructions for the Common Form
NIH Other Support lists all the support for your research, current and pending, from any source, so NIH can judge your capacity and any overlap. For due dates on or after January 25, 2026, it is the Current and Pending (Other) Support Common Form, made and certified in SciENcv. NIH usually asks for it after review, at Just-in-Time.
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What counts as other support
Other support includes all resources made available to a researcher in support of and/or related to all of their research endeavors, regardless of whether or not they have monetary value and regardless of whether they are based at the institution the researcher identifies for the current grant.
From 2.5.1 Just-in-Time Procedures, NIH Grants Policy Statement
The form’s instructions and NIH’s Grants Policy Statement set out what to report.
| Support | Report it? |
|---|---|
| Active projects, or projects with ongoing obligations, from any source | Yes, as Current |
| Proposals under consideration anywhere, including this one | Yes, as Pending |
| Consulting in which you perform research | Yes, as a project |
| Other consulting related to your research that could affect funding, your time or effort, or scientific integrity | Yes, as a project |
| Consulting of any length whose contract requires you to conceal or withhold financial or other ties | Yes, as a project |
| Support from a foreign government-sponsored talent recruitment program, even through an intermediary | Yes |
| In-kind contributions worth $5,000 or more that need your time, such as lab space, equipment, data or supplies | Yes, as in-kind contributions |
| In-kind contributions worth less than $5,000 | No |
| In-kind contributions that need none of your time | No |
| Training awards, prizes and gifts | No |
| Core facilities and shared equipment your institution makes broadly available | No, list them under Facilities and Other Resources |
A gift comes with no expectation of anything in return, such as time, services, research or money. Something given with an expected time commitment is an in-kind contribution instead.
When NIH asks for it
NIH asks all senior/key personnel for Other Support at Just-in-Time, after review and before any award (NIH’s Extramural Nexus). NIH notifies you mainly by email, and your institution submits the information in the eRA Commons. The request is not a Notice of Award, and the Grants Policy Statement says not to take it as a sign of possible funding.
Applicants should only submit this information when requested.
From 2.5.1 Just-in-Time Procedures, NIH Grants Policy Statement
Progress reports (RPPRs) need the form for new senior/key personnel and for changes to anyone’s other support, and prior approval requests that include it use the same form. At application, NIH needs it only when the notice of funding opportunity or the application instructions say so, as for mentors on career development applications.
NIH does not ask Other Significant Contributors for it, or the program directors and training faculty of a training grant.
Until the award, tell NIH promptly about any change in your other support that could cause scientific or budgetary overlap or commit you to more than 12 person-months, which is 100 percent of your time.
What the form asks for
The form opens with your name, ORCID iD, position title and primary organization with its location (NIH’s instructions). NIH requires the ORCID iD. Each proposal and active project then gets an entry with these fields.
| Field | What to enter |
|---|---|
| Title | The proposal’s or project’s title. |
| Status of Support | Current or Pending. |
| Award number | The proposal or award number, if available. |
| Source of Support | Any sponsor, including companies and internal funds for a specific project. |
| Primary Place of Performance | The city, state or province, and country where the work is done. |
| Start and end dates | MM/YYYY, as proposed or awarded. |
| Total Anticipated Amount | The award for the whole period, including indirect costs, in US dollars to the nearest dollar. |
| Person-months per year | The time you expect the work to need in the current budget period and, as proposed, in each later one, even if unsalaried. |
| Overall Objectives | A brief statement, up to 1,500 characters. |
| Statement of Potential Overlap | Any overlap with this proposal in scope, budget or person-months, or “none”. |
In-kind contributions get entries of their own, with their value in US dollars and your person-months.
You then certify that the information is current, accurate and complete, that you are not a party to a malign foreign talent recruitment program, and that you completed research security training in the 12 months before submission. To be accepted, the signature must be dated within the 12 months before the form is submitted.
The form has no page limit. Leave out personal information, such as your home address or phone number.
What changed from the old format
NIH replaced its own Other Support format page with the Common Form for due dates on or after January 25, 2026, and the table below follows its notice, NOT-OD-26-018. Since May 8, 2026, eRA’s checks stop any application, Just-in-Time, RPPR or prior approval submission that does not use compliant Common Forms (NOT-OD-26-079).
| Item | Old format page | Common Form |
|---|---|---|
| Effort | Calendar, academic or summer months | Person-months only, so 0.9 academic and 0.3 summer months become 1.2 |
| Goals | Major Goals | Overall Objectives, up to 1,500 characters |
| In-kind contributions | Reported at any value or time commitment, with an estimate | Reported only when worth $5,000 or more and needing your time |
| Overlap | One summary at the end | A statement in each entry |
| Foreign contracts | Appended as a PDF after the form | A separate attachment, outside the SciENcv PDF |
Make it in SciENcv
NIH offers no blank template to fill in outside SciENcv (NIH’s form page). You make the form in SciENcv and attach its PDF to your submission.
Link your ORCID iD. Link it to your eRA Commons Personal Profile and to SciENcv. One ORCID iD links to only one Commons account.
Start the document. Start an NIH Current and Pending (Other) Support document. You can transfer the information from an NSF one in SciENcv, then review every entry and fill in missing fields.
Add each entry. Enter each proposal, active project and in-kind contribution. A delegate can help fill in the form.
Certify it. Certify the form yourself. A delegate cannot certify it for you, and SciENcv gives you the PDF once it is certified.
Attach it. Attach each person’s PDF in the Just-in-Time, RPPR or Prior Approval module. You may rename the file, but do not flatten it. Copies of contracts for foreign appointments or employment, translated if not in English, go in a field of their own.
Draft it from your CV in ScienceDex
ScienceDex starts an Other Support draft from the grants in your CV. Active grants print as Current and pending ones as Pending. Completed and not funded grants stay out, as do grants you hide from exported files, and the screen tells you how many it left out. A grant past its end date counts as completed unless its status says active or no-cost extension.
Each project carries what your CV holds: its title, status, award number, source of support and dates. The draft also fills in your name, ORCID iD, position title and organization.
The Word file marks [Add] on every field a CV does not hold: the place of performance, the total amount, person-months, objectives, overlap, in-kind contributions and the certification.
The draft holds grants only, so enter consulting, foreign appointments and any other support in SciENcv yourself.
Download Word, check the draft, and paste your words into SciENcv, where each project’s status and dates have fields of their own. Then certify the form.
Faculty privacy sets out who can open your CV.
Questions
Is there an NIH Other Support template?
Not outside SciENcv, where you make the form. NIH’s instructions list every field, so you can gather the information first.
Do I submit Other Support with my application?
Usually not. NIH asks for it at Just-in-Time, after review, unless the notice of funding opportunity or the application instructions ask for it sooner.
Can I enter zero person-months?
Yes, in version 2026-1 of the form in SciENcv, since April 22, 2026, for a project or in-kind contribution where zero applies (NOT-OD-26-079). Older documents updated to that version allow it too.
Who certifies Other Support?
Each senior/key person certifies their own form in SciENcv. A delegate can help fill it in but cannot certify it.
Sources
- Current and Pending (Other) Support (CPOS) Common Form NIH Grants and Funding. Read .
- Instructions for Current and Pending (Other) Support Common Form NIH Grants and Funding. Read .
- What Should I Know About the Current and Pending (Other) Support (CPOS) Common Form? NIH Extramural Nexus. Read .
- 2.5.1 Just-in-Time Procedures NIH Grants Policy Statement. Read .
- NOT-OD-26-018: NIH’s Implementation of Common Forms for Biographical Sketch and Current and Pending (Other) Support for Due Dates on or after January 25, 2026 NIH Grants and Funding. Read .
- NOT-OD-26-079: Announcement of Upcoming System Enforcement of Common Forms and End of NIH’s Leniency Period NIH Grants and Funding. Read .