See if you qualify for an R01, and it's the right choice.

Strategy for NIH Funding

• Ready for Independent Support? in What Funding May You Qualify For?
• See if an R01 Is Right for You in Choose the Grant

If you are a new or early-stage investigator, go to our New and Early-Stage Investigators portal.

• Read Are You "New"? to see if you qualify as a new PI for an R01 and the benefits for new PIs.

Talk to a program officer to learn about grant types and opportunities and to get advice about whether your area of science fits NIAID's mission.

• Contact Staff for Help in the Strategy for NIH Funding
• When to Contact an NIAID Program Officer

Pick a funding opportunity at Opportunities and Announcements.

• For most investigator-initiated research, use the R01 Parent Program Announcement.
• Find Institute-specific initiatives:
  • NIAID Funding Opportunities List
  • NIH Guide

Choose a topic and begin planning your application.

Strategy for NIH Funding

• Pick a Research Project
• Design a Project
• Will Your Application Involve Policy Areas With Special Requirements?

Go to NIAID's Health and Research Topics to see the areas NIAID supports.

Then search for a unique topic.

• NLM Databases and Electronic Resources
• NIH RePORTER
• Community of Science

Find help preparing your application in the Strategy for NIH Funding.

• Know Your Audience
  • Find reviewers on CSR’s Study Sections
• Strategy to Write the Research Plan
• Strategy to Prepare the Forms and Just-In-Time
  • PI Salary Cap and Stipends
• How to Renew Your Application in the Strategy for NIH Funding
• Timing Factors That Affect Your Application and Award

See examples of exceptional funded applications at Sample Applications and Summary Statements on Samples and Examples.

Follow NIH's instructions. To prepare the application forms, follow the instructions in the opportunity's Guide notice and SF 424 Application Guide.

If you are seeking support for a clinical trial, be aware that we will not support a clinical trial through an R01 without preapproval of the application by NIAID staff.

• For details, read Request Preapproval under Investigator-Initiated Clinical Trial Resources.
• For small businesses, see "Can my small business obtain funding for a clinical trial?"

Apply for funding using our advice at Strategy for a Successful Submission in the Strategy for NIH Funding.

Go to these sites to apply:

• Electronic Submission
  • eRA Commons News
  • Listservs
• Grants.gov—Download Software
• eRA Commons—Help Desk
• Standard NIH Submission Dates—for investigator-initiated applications

Learn more on our Application portal.

Find resources on our Peer Review portal.

Learn about peer review in Part 5. Assignment and Review in the Strategy for NIH Funding.

Find out more about the Center for Scientific Review:

• Rosters and Meetings
  • Find Meeting Rosters
  • Find Meeting Dates
• General Review Guidelines
• Insider's Guide to NIH Peer Review for New Reviewers
• Integrated Review Groups
• NIH Grant Review Process YouTube Videos. See a video of a mock study section.

Understand funding decisions by reading Strategy for NIH Funding:

• Strategy for Second-Level Review
• Strategy for Funding Decisions

Learn more on the NIAID Paylines and Funding portal. Go to PI Salary Cap and Stipends.

If your application was not funded, read Part 6. If Not Funded in the Strategy for NIH Funding.

Consider applying for another type of award:

• Training, Fellowship, Career, and Supplements
• Small Business Awards
• Other Grant Types

Find information on our Opportunities and Announcements portal.

Manage your grant and continue funding using the Strategy for NIH Funding for advice.

• Strategy for Your Grant
• How to Renew Your Application

Get more information from these sites:

• HHS Division of Payment Management
• iEdison—invention reporting
• OMB Circulars
• Resources for Researchers

Learn more on the NIAID Grant Award and Management portal.