Change of Recipient Organization (Type 7 Parent Clinical Trial Optional)
Last verified by NonDilute: 2026-04-29. Official notice and agency instructions control.
If you hold an NIH grant and need to move it to a new institution, this is the administrative pathway—but approval is not automatic and requires IC discussion first.
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What this is
This NOFO allows current NIH grant recipients to request approval to transfer their existing awards to a different organization. This is a prior-approval administrative request, not a new grant competition. The process routes directly to the Grants Management Specialist on the original award. Success is not guaranteed, and applicants must first discuss the proposed change with the awarding NIH Institute or Center before submission. This is relevant only to organizations already holding active NIH grants in the listed activity codes.
Who can apply
Only organizations currently holding specific NIH grants (activity codes listed) in the relevant program areas may apply. Broad eligibility includes nonprofits, universities, small businesses, government agencies, and tribal organizations, but applicants must already be active NIH grant recipients to use this mechanism.
Eligible applicant types
- Private institutions of higher education
- For profit organizations other than small businesses
- Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
- Special district governments
- Independent school districts
- County governments
- Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- State governments
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- City or township governments
- Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Small businesses
Full description — from the agency
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) hereby notifies recipient organizations holding specific types of NIH grants, listed within the Activity Code section above, that applications for change of recipient organization may be submitted to this NOFO. This assumes such a change is programmatically permitted for the particular grant. Applications for change of recipient organization are considered prior approval requests (as described in Section 8.1.2.7 of the NIH Grants Policy Statement) and will be routed for consideration directly to the Grants Management Specialist named in the current award. Although requests for change of recipient organization may be submitted through this NOFO, there is no guarantee that an award will be transferred to the new organization. All applicants are encouraged to discuss potential requests with the awarding IC before submission.
Topics: nih grant transfer · change of recipient organization · grants management · prior approval request · institutional change
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