PHS 398 Cover Page Supplement

For assistance with the information required on this form, please refer to the appropriate application guide on the How to Apply page.

NOTE: The forms in these topics reflect FORMS-I, which must be used for applications with due dates on or after January 25, 2025 (see guide notice NOT-OD-24-086. Also see the annotated form set and summary of changes for Forms-I.) For due dates on or before January 24, 2025, use FORMS-H.

New in Forms-I

  • Change of Investigator/Change of Institution Section renamed Change of Investigator/Change of Recipient Organization Section

  • Change of Grantee Institution renamed Change of Recipient Institution

  • Name of former institution renamed Name of former organization

For guidance on completing the form in ASSIST, refer to the steps below:

  1. Select the Edit button to enable the form for editing.
  2. Complete the required fields for each section. Required fields are marked with asterisks (*).

    PHS Cover Page Supplement

    Some information, including the Project Director/Principal Investigator section and the contact name within the Applicant Organization Contact section, is carried over from the application initiation. These fields are disabled for editing and are read-only.

  1. To save the entered information, select the Save and Keep Lock button to keep the form open for further editing -or- select the Save and Release Lock button to close the form after saving.

    2. NOTE: Selecting the Cancel and Release Lock button - followed by the Continue button on the confirmation - returns the form to read-only and does not save any of the entered information onto the form.