Questions and Answers

Questions and Answers are interactive resources, often based on actual questions from the research community and NIAID staff. They link to more in-depth information in other sections of the Research Funding site such as Standard Operating Procedures and All About Grants Tutorials.

Table of Contents

• Stages
  • Application
    • Find Topics and Opportunities
    • Find specialized information at Audiences and Award Types
    • Prepare Application
    • Applying and After
  • Peer Review
  • Advisory Council
  • Budget and Funding
  • Grant Award and Management
    • Initial Award
    • After Award
• Audiences and Award Types
  • New and Early-Stage Investigators
  • Training and Career Awards, Fellowships, and Supplements
  • International Awards
  • Small Business Awards
  • Other Grant Types: award types; big, P01, R56 bridge, and small grants; supplements
  • Contracts
• Science Areas
  • Biodefense and Select Agents
  • Human Subjects Resources
  • Animals in Research

Stages

Choose a stage below.

Application

These questions and answers cover application topics associated with the Application portal.

Find Topics and Opportunities

• Applying for a Grant
  • Funding Opportunity Announcements
• Award Types
• Finding Help
• High-Priority Topics: Concepts and Initiatives
• RFAs, PAs, and Solicitations
• NIAID Staff Roles
• Using the NIAID Research Funding Web Site

Prepare Application

• Applying for a Grant
  • General Application Information
  • Signing Up to Apply Electronically
  • General Info and Planning for Electronic Applications
  • Preparing Your Electronic Application
  • Submitting and Validating Your Electronic Application
  • Corrected or Late Electronic Applications
  • Continuous Submission
  • Paper Applications Only
• Big Grant Applications
• Copyright and Publication for Grantees
• NIAID Program Project (P01) Applications
• Privacy, Conduct, Conflict of Interest, and Clinical Research Ethics
• Progress Reports
• Quick Facts on Research Grant Applications
• Renewal Application
• Resubmission of Unfunded Applications
• Salaries and Stipends
• Scientific Collaborations
• Sharing Data
• Sharing Model Organisms
• Small and Exploratory/Developmental Research Grants
• Small Business Awards
• Using the NIAID Research Funding Web Site
• Writing a Great Grant Application

Applying and After

• Resubmission of Unfunded Applications
• Applying for a Grant
  • Corrected or Late Electronic Applications
  • Continuous Submission
  • Submitting and Validating Your Electronic Application
  • Paper Applications Only
• Early Grant Awards
• Just-in-Time

Peer Review

These questions and answers cover application topics associated with the Peer Review portal.

• After Peer Review
• Referral and Assignment
• Peer Review of Applications
• Privacy, Conduct, Conflict of Interest, and Clinical Research Ethics
• Peer Review at NIAID

Advisory Council

These questions and answers cover application topics associated with the Advisory Council portal.

• After Peer Review
• High-Priority Topics: Concepts and Initiatives
• NIAID Advisory Council

Budget and Funding

These questions and answers cover application topics associated with the Paylines and Funding portal.

• Budgets and Planning
• Early Grant Awards
• NIAID Funding Decisions
• R56-Bridge Awards and Selective Pay
• Salaries and Stipends

Grant Award and Management

These questions and answers cover application topics associated with the Grant Award and Management portal.

Initial Award

• Early Grant Awards
• Finding Help
• Just-in-Time
• NIAID Funding Decisions
• NIAID Grant Awards—General Information
• Salaries and Stipends
• NIAID Staff Roles

After Award

• Copyright and Publication for Grantees
• Managing a Grant
• Privacy, Conduct, Conflict of Interest, and Clinical Research Ethics
• Progress Reports
• Sharing Data
• Sharing Model Organisms
• Supplements to Grants—Administrative, Revision, and Research

Audiences and Award Types

Find questions and answers by audience or award type. Find other categories at the top of the page.

New and Early-Stage Investigators

These questions and answers cover application topics associated with the New and Early-Stage Investigators portal.

• Career Development Grants
• Extramural and Intramural Research
• Fellowships
• Finding Help
• Signing Up to Apply Electronically
• High-Priority Topics: Concepts and Initiatives
• New Investigator Advice
• NIH—Organization and Process
• Peer Review of Applications
• Quick Facts on Research Grant Applications
• RFAs, PAs, and Solicitations
• Salaries and Stipends
• NIAID Staff Roles
• Top Questions Investigators Ask Program Officers
• Using the NIAID Research Funding Web Site
• Writing a Great Grant Application

Training and Career Awards, Fellowships, and Supplements

These questions and answers cover application topics associated with the Training and Career portal.

• Career Development Grants
• Fellowships
• Salaries and Stipends
• Special Populations
• Supplements to Grants—Administrative, Revision, and Research
• Top Questions Investigators Ask Program Officers
• Training and Career Awards and Fellowships
• Training Grants
• Using the NIAID Research Funding Web Site

International Awards

These questions and answers cover application topics associated with the NIAID International Awards portal.

• Finding Help
• International Awards
• NIAID Select Agent Policy for Foreign Institutions
• Quick Facts on Research Grant Applications
• NIAID Staff Roles
• Top Questions Investigators Ask Program Officers
• Using the NIAID Research Funding Web Site
• Writing a Great Grant Application

Small Business Awards

These questions and answers cover application topics associated with the Small Business Awards portal.

• Small Business Awards

Other Grant Types

These questions and answers cover application topics associated with the Other Grant Types portal.

• Award Types
• Big Grant Applications
• NIAID Program Project (P01) Applications
• R56-Bridge Awards and Selective Pay
• Scientific Collaborations
• Small and Exploratory/Developmental Research Grants
• Supplements to Grants—Administrative, Revision, and Research

Contracts

• Contract Awards
• Finding Help
• Privacy, Conduct, Conflict of Interest, and Clinical Research Ethics
• RFAs, PAs, and Solicitations

Science Areas

These questions and answers cover application topics associated with the Science Policy Areas portal.

Biodefense and Select Agents

These questions and answers cover application topics associated with the Biodefense and Select Agents portal.

• Biodefense Research
• NIAID Select Agent Policy for Foreign Institutions

Human Subjects Resources

These questions and answers cover application topics associated with the NIAID Human Subjects Resources portal.

• Investigator-Initiated Clinical Trial Administrative Extensions
• Human Subjects
• Investigator-Initiated Clinical Trials Questions and Answers
• Privacy, Conduct, Conflict of Interest, and Clinical Research Ethics
• Private Information or Biological Specimens in Human Subjects Research

Animals in Research

These questions and answers cover application topics associated with the Animals in Research portal.

• Sharing Model Organisms
• Vertebrate Animals in Research

See Find It! A-Z for a crosslinked alphabetical list of questions and answers, SOPs, tools, and links.

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