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Checklist for Part 10. Funding Decisions

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This checklist is based on Part 10. Funding Decisions of NIAID's NIH Grant Cycle: Application to Renewal. Find more checklists at Checklists for the NIH Grant Cycle.

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  • bar to award
  • grants management specialist
  • investigator-initiated
  • just-in-time
  • payline
  • percentile
  • overall impact/priority score
  • program announcement
  • program officer
  • R01
  • request for applications
  • set aside

See NIAID Glossary of Funding and Policy Terms and Acronyms for more.

Table of Contents

  • How NIAID Determines Which Applications to Fund
  • Why You May Not Get Funded Right Away
  • Paylines and Percentiles
  • How Long to Get the Grant?

How NIAID Determines Which Applications to Fund

Checkbox: Do you know what an overall impact/priority score is?

Checkbox: Do you know how scores relate to funding?

Checkbox: Do you know how NIAID funds investigator-initiated applications?

Checkbox: Do you know what paylines are?

Checkbox: Do you know how NIAID funds requests for applications and program announcements with set asides?

For more information, see How NIAID Determines Which Applications to Fund.

Why You May Not Get Funded Right Away

Checkbox: Do you know why your application did not get funded right away? Learn more in Why You May Not Get Funded Right Away.

Checkbox: Do you know that funding time can vary as much as a year? See Why You May Not Get Funded Right Away.

Checkbox: Do you know your options if your application just misses the payline? See what they are at Why You May Not Get Funded Right Away.

Checkbox: Do you know why you should not count on special funding but revise and resubmit right away? Read Is Your Application Deferred for a Funding Decision?

Checkbox: Is your just-in-time information ready? See Is Your Application Deferred for a Funding Decision?

Paylines and Percentiles

Checkbox: Do you know how paylines relate to funding decisions at NIAID?

Checkbox: Do you know how NIAID establishes paylines?

Checkbox: Do you know where to find our paylines?

Checkbox: Do you know how NIH calculates percentiles?

Checkbox: Do you know why NIH uses percentiles?

For more information, see Paylines Are a Conservative Funding Cutoff Point.

How Long to Get the Grant After Application Is Approved?

Checkbox: Did you work with your grants management specialist or program officer to resolve any problems or bars to award?

Checkbox: Do you know the usual timeframe for an R01 award?

Checkbox: Do you know why you may need to wait for funding?

For more information, see How Long to Get the Grant After Application Is Approved?

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Help us improve our outreach to you by emailing deaweb@niaid.nih.gov.

Find more checklists at Checklists for the NIH Grant Cycle. For more information, see NIAID's NIH Grant Cycle: Application to Renewal and the All About Grants tutorials.

 

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See the Glossary for terms.