ASSIST is NIH’s on-line system for the preparation and submission of grant applications through Grants.gov to NIH.
Effective Jan. 30, ASSIST is available as a submission option for NIH’s Small Research Grant (R03) and Exploratory/Developmental Grant (R21) programs. ASSIST is not currently available for R21/R33 Phased Innovation Award applications.
Use of ASSIST is optional; Grants.gov downloadable forms and institutional system-to-system solutions remain viable options for application preparation and submission to NIH (learn more about options).
Throughout 2015, ASSIST will become an option for additional grant programs. The NIH hopes to open up ASSIST as an option for the NIH Research Project Grant Program (R01) by May 2015.