FY 2026

Fiscal Year
FY26 (Future)

FY25 (Current)

FY24 (Closed)

2026

Phase I

Release 1

Release 2

Topics Issued

 Monday, July 7, 2025 Monday, November 10, 2025

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Phase 0 Application Assistance
(free for first time applicants) starts		 Monday, July 7, 2025 Monday, November 10, 2025

Topic Webinar, week of

 Monday, July 14, 2025 Monday, November 17, 2025 

FOA Issued

 Monday, August 4, 2025 Monday, December 15, 2025

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FOA Webinar

 Friday, August 8, 2025 Friday, December 19, 2025

Letters of Intent (LOI) Due

Tuesday, August 26, 2025
5:00pm ET

Tuesday, January 6, 2026
5:00pm ET

Non-responsive LOI Feedback Provided

Monday, September 15, 2025

 Monday, January 26, 2026

Full Applications Due

 Tuesday, October 7, 2025
11:59pm ET 		Wednesday, February 25, 2026
1:59pm ET

Award Notification

 Monday, January 5, 2026 Tuesday, May 26, 2026

Projected Grant Start Date

 Tuesday, February 17, 2026 Tuesday, July 7, 2026 
Awardee Webinar, week of March 9, 2026 July 27, 2026

Phase Shift I Kick-off (formerly I-Corps)

 April 2026 September 2026

Principal Investigator Meeting

 June 2026  October 2026

*Registration link will be posted here, one week prior to the webinars. To receive this link automatically via email, please join our Mail List.

**Preliminary dates subject to change

Phase II

Release 1

Release 2

FOA Issued

 Tuesday, October 21, 2025 Monday, March 2, 2026

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Webinar(s)

 Friday, October 24, 2025 Friday, March 6, 2026
LOI (All Phase II applications) Due Wednesday, November 12, 2025
5:00pm ET 		Wednesday, April 1, 2026
5:00pm ET

Applications Due

 Tuesday, December 9, 2025
11:59pm ET		 Tuesday, April 21, 2026
11:59pm ET

Award Notification

 Monday, March 9, 2026 Monday, July 20, 2026

Projected Grant Start Date

 Monday, April 20, 2026 Monday, August 31, 2026

**Preliminary dates subject to change