Multiproject Awards

Purpose

To provide grant funding to at least two related research projects.

Procedure

NIAID funds multiproject grant applications for:

• P01 -- Program project grants
• P50 -- Specialized centers of research
• U19 -- Multiproject cooperative agreements

They may be investigator-initiated or in response to a request for applications (RFA) or program announcement (PA).

As with all "big grants," investigators must get an NIAID program officer's approval before submitting an investigator-initiated application with direct costs of $500,000 or more in any year of the grant. This policy applies even if none of the individual projects requests $500,000 or more. See our Big Grants SOP for more information.

Investigators must also obtain program officer approval to resubmit an application.

Applicants

• For an investigator-initiated application, contact an NIAID program officer when still in the planning stage in case NIAID rejects your idea. NIAID must pre-approve your application before you apply, indicating that we agreed to allow Center for Scientific Review to assign it here for possible funding.
• Include with your application cover letter a letter from an NIAID program officer giving approval of your application for review and funding consideration by the Institute. You must include this documentation with your application.
• If responding to an RFA or PA, read it thoroughly for eligibility conditions.
• Read Instructions for Preparing a Multiproject Grant Application for instructions.

Program Staff

• Document your approval using the ARA Big Grant form.
• If an application requests $500,000 or more in direct costs in any year, send a Big grant acceptance email form to Division of Extramural Activities and the NIAID Budget and Financial Management Branch following the instructions in the message and a Big grant acceptance letter to the investigator.

Contacts

Nancy Saunders, nsaunders@niaid.nih.gov, 301-435-3569

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Links

NIH Guide, Acceptance of Unsolicited Applications that Request $500,000 or More in Direct Costs in Any Year, May 3, 1996

Program Announcements SOP

Request for Applications SOP