According to colleagues who received new awards last year, they said the same thing, i.e., funding decisions will be made by late July, but no one heard one way or another about the status of their application until the first week in September. Still, I am starting to get pessimistic about my application since I haven't even gotten financial review. Still do not know anyone who applied through the Health Disparities mechanism who did get a financial review, so there is still a little hope that they may come late. It also happens to be the mechanism that historically has had the most applications.