Last month, the NIH announced that applicants must use the new, modified biosketch format for research grants due on or after January 25, 2015. However, a new announcement was published on Friday, allowing for a 4-month extension to ease in the transition. Applicants are encouraged to start using the new format right away but will only be required to do so for applications with due dates on or after May 25, 2015.

The biosketch format was revised in order expand the focus from publications to the scientific advances associated with the researcher’s discoveries and the specific role the researcher played in those findings.

For more information and the results of a pilot survey that was conducted earlier this year, see Sally Rockey’s blog post on Implementing the Modified NIH Biosketch Format.