Hi Everyone,
Dr. Barton just sent the update below to me. If someone already distributed this, my apologies, I may have missed.
https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-25-142.html
Release Date:
August 7, 2025
NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (NIH)
This notice provides an update on the guidance issued in NOT-OD-25-110.
Effective with the issuance of this Guide Notice, NIH has re-enabled the No-Cost Extension functionality within eRA Commons. Recipients may resume
initiating first no-cost extensions in eRA Commons, in accordance with the NIH Grants Policy Statement, Section
8.1.1.3. Requests that were previously submitted via the prior approval module will not be reviewed, and recipients will need to initiate the first no cost extension within the Status module by using the Extension action.
Please direct all inquiries to:
NIH Office of Policy for Extramural Research Administration (OPERA)
Elizabeth H. Escoto (formerly Tilley), PhD
Sr. Research Administrator
COS College Research Administration Teams
Office of Research
The University of Texas at San Antonio
cell: 347.299.1641
One UTSA Circle
San Antonio, TX 78249-3209