Application Submission Schedule
On April 24, 2025, NIH requested that the following language be added to this website: “**UPDATE TO THE PATH STUDY BIOSPECIMEN ACCESS PROGRAM (BAP): As of 4/24/2025, the BAP will be on hiatus and will not accept any new concept statements or applications. We appreciate your interest in the BAP and will provide any updates here.**”
Investigators are invited to submit concept statements and applications for review two times per year. There is a one-month window during the review cycle when the PATH Study team will accept concept statements. A concept statement decision notification can be expected approximately three months after submission. An approved concept statement is required before submitting an application. The submission window for applications follows the concept statement decision notification and has a two-month time period. Applications will be reviewed, and decision notifications sent no later than three months after the deadline. Please see the table below for specific deadlines.
PATH Study Biospecimen Access Concept Statement and Application Submission and Review Schedule
Activity | Review Cycle 14 | Review Cycle 15 | Review Cycle 16 |
|---|---|---|---|
Accept Concept Statements | May 1 – 31, 2024 | November 1 – 29, 2024 | May 1-30, 2025 |
Concept Statement Submission Deadline | May 31, 2024 | November 29, 2023 | May 30, 2025 |
Concept Statement Review | July to August 2024 | January to February 2025 | July to August 2025 |
E-mail Notification of Concept Statement Decision | August 30, 2024 | February 28, 2025 | August 29, 2025 |
Accept Applications | September 2, 2024 to October 31, 2024 | March 3, 2025 to April 30, 2025 | September 1, 2025 to October, 31, 2025 |
Application Submission Deadline | October 31, 2024 | April 30, 2025 | October 31, 2025 |
Application Review | November 2024 to January 2025 | May to July 2025 | November 2025 to January 2026 |
E-mail Notification of Application Decision | February 7, 2025 | August 8, 2025 | February 6, 2026 |
Contact Us
For inquiries regarding the PATH Study biospecimen resource and procedures for access, contact the PATH Study team at PATHStudyBiospecimens@westat.com.
To link directly to the PATH Study Biospecimen Access Program page via shortened URL, use http://bit.ly/2wBFOtc.
Last updated: 2/22/2024