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 Key Dates Release Date: August 7, 2025 Related Announcements * May 7, 2025 - Updated NIH Processes for No-Cost Extensions. See Notice NOT-OD-25-110<https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-...;. Issued by NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (NIH<https://www.nih.gov/>;) Purpose This notice provides an update on the guidance issued in NOT-OD-25-110<https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-...;. Effective with the issuance of this Guide Notice, NIH has re-enabled the No-Cost Extension functionality<https://www.era.nih.gov/erahelp/commons/commons/status/N... 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<https://grants.nih.gov/grants/policy/nihgps/HTML5/section_8/8....;. 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. Inquiries Please direct all inquiries to: NIH Office of Policy for Extramural Research Administration (OPERA) grantspolicy@nih.gov<mailto:grantspolicy@nih.gov> 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 ________________________________