Help us to help you with JIT requirements! We need sufficient time to review your proposals. If a Principal Investigator (PI) receives an automated JIT request, it is recommended that they check their score/percentile through eRA Commons to determine whether it is within or near the published paylines for the granting agency (for that year or the prior year). If so, the PI and their department can start gathering the necessary information and completing (but not necessarily submitting) any necessary IRB materials. This could be an application for Protocol Development Activities (PDA) for funding only, a change to an existing IRB-approved study, or an application for a new study.

If a grant is likely to be funded, a formal request for additional information from agency staff will be sent from the NIH Grants Management System (GMS). When the NIH GMS issues a JIT request, follow the instructions from RSP found in this guidance under the Requests for Additional Information and JIT tab.

When you submit materials to the IRB, let us know of your urgent funding deadlines.