Financial Management Plan

Updated April 17, 2009. We update this information as we receive it.

For more information on funding through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), see NIAID and the Economic Recovery Act.

NIH announced fiscal policy for FY 2009 awards in its March 18, 2009, Guide notice.

Competing Awards

• NIAID is fully funding competing awards and their future years. You can request up to a 3 percent escalation factor for nonmodular grants.
• NIAID is funding new and early-stage investigators (ESI) for four or five years from our regular appropriation.
  • 12 to 16 percentile -- up to five years.
  • 16 to 25 percentile -- up to four years.
• Renewal budgets are capped at 20 percent over the last noncompeting award, not including equipment and alterations and renovations costs. See What is the funding cap for renewals?

Noncompeting Awards

• We are fully restoring funds to noncompeting awards, which we initially paid at about 90 percent of the level of the previous grant.
  • We will probably be making awards in the summer because of heavy workload caused by the Recovery Act.
  • You will not be penalized for the delay.
• Fellowships, training grants, career development awards, conference grants, and small business awards (SBIR and STTR) will be fully funded.

Set-Aside Funds

• Selective pay
  • NIAID is setting aside $9 million, $3 million for each extramural program division.
  • Note: Investigators cannot apply for selective pay funding. NIAID's main advisory Council ranks applications recommended by Institute program staff.
• R56-Bridge and two-year ARRA R01 applications (does not apply to new investigators and ESIs)
  • Applications that rank between the 12 and 25 percentile and qualify for ARRA support fall into one of the following two categories:
    • If you can resubmit by the November 5 (non-AIDS) or January 7 (AIDS applications) receipt date, you will get an R56-Bridge award. In most cases, we will give you a second year of funding if your resubmission does not succeed.
    • If you have no resubmissions left or choose not to resubmit, we will offer you a two-year ARRA R01.

Learn what information to expect and when at Paylines and Budget Pages Change Throughout the Year.

NIH posts financial plan information at NIH Extramural Financial Operations.

The main page, Budget and Funding, has more financial information for this year such as the NIAID Paylines and Salary Cap and Stipends.