The National Institutes of Health has restricted principal investigators to a maximum of six applications per calendar year. This decision comes after noticing increased application submissions, including cases where AI tools contributed significantly to the preparation. Applications considered substantially developed by AI will not qualify as original ideas, risking funding losses for researchers. The NIH aims to manage the potential overload on its review systems as the integration of AI in proposal writing becomes more prevalent.
The NIH will accept no more than six "new, renewal, resubmission or revision applications" per principal investigator per calendar year, addressing high application volumes.
The agency observed large submission numbers enabled by AI tools, with some principal investigators submitting over 40 applications in a single round.
Submissions substantially developed by AI will not be considered original ideas, posing risks of funding loss for researchers.
The NIH's new policy aims to mitigate potential overload of its review systems as AI use in application development increases.
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