Program Assignment in NIAID

This SOP has internal roles only.

Purpose

To assign a program class code (PCC) to NIAID competing grant applications for their scientific and administrative management.

Procedure

After the Center for Scientific Review (CSR) assigns a competing grant application to the Institute, NIAID's Referral and Program Analysis Branch (RPAB) assigns it a PCC based on Institute referral guidelines. The PCC indicates an extramural scientific program, a category of research, and the assigned program officer.

Referral and Program Analysis Branch Staff

• Give unsolicited applications a PCC that has been established by an extramural program division.
• If an application is solicited, assign it to the sponsoring division.
• Enter PCCs into the Receipt and Assignment Database within 5 business days after receipt to give program staff time to review an application before initial peer review. Occasionally this may take more time due to extraordinary circumstances, such as an unexpected increase in numbers of applications.
• Upload PCCs to IMPAC each night.

Program Officers

• Use your division's internal processes for entering additional administrative codes for further assignment of applications to a program staff member.
• To request a new program, go to Request for a New Program and Program Class Code SOP.
• To request a change of assignment internally in NIAID, go to Program Assignment Change Requests in NIAID SOP.
• To request a change of primary IC assignment from CSR, go to NIAID Request for Assignment Changes from CSR SOP.

Contacts

Contact for NIAID Staff

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Links

Dual Assignments SOP

eRA Federal Intranet

NIH Electronic Council Book

Program Officers Listed by Program Class Code (Microsoft Excel)