NIAID Planning and Reporting System (NPARS)

This SOP has internal roles only.

Purpose

To enable NIAID staff to monitor the status of competing and noncompeting grant applications before award using the NIAID Planning and Reporting System (NPARS).

Procedure

NPARS has thirteen modules to help staff plan and process grant actions.

Before a grants management specialist awards a grant, the funding plan goes through the Process for Funding Plan Submission: from the division to the Grants Management Program (GMP) for policy issues, to NIAID's Budget and Financial Management Branch for budget approval, and to the NIAID Office of the Director for final approval. (The workflow is different for administrative supplements.)

For each level of approval, NPARS generates an email notifying the next group the application is ready for review. The system downloads noncompeting commitments, program assignment, and initial peer review information as soon as they are in the NIH IMPAC database.

Program Officers

• Before Council, use the system to prepare materials for the NIAID director for selective pay, R56-Bridge, special issues, and MERIT nominations and to review applications that fall in the gray zone (scored but outside the payline).
• If instructed to do so, generate an end-of-year request list of applications with percentiles beyond the payline.
• Enter administrative supplement requests.
• Check status for approval and funding at different stages of application and award.

Grants Management Staff

• Delete applications that will not be funded.
• For more information, GMP staff can see GMP's CAAP (Council Action and Approval Program) SOP.

Grants Management Division Coordinators

• Approve funding recommendations.
• For more information, GMP staff can see GMP's CAAP (Council Action and Approval Program) SOP.

Division Budget Liaisons

• Use the system after Council to identify and release grant applications for award.
• Send the budget officer a list of grants and supplements that are to be funded.

Budget Officers

• Release grants for funding.

Contacts

DEA—Contact for NIAID Staff

NPARS System Manager—Contact for NIAID Staff

Scientific Division NPARS and Budget Liaison Contacts

DAIDS: Contact for NIAID Staff

DMID: Contact for NIAID Staff and Contact for NIAID Staff

DAIT: Contact for NIAID Staff

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Links

Administrative Supplements to Grants and Cooperative Agreements SOP

Bars to Grant Awards SOP

Cofunding SOP

Council Guidance updated for each Council

Council Timetable for the Council guidance

Electronic Council Book SOP

Expedited Council Review and Award SOP

IMPAC SOP

MERIT Awards and Extensions SOP

NIAID Planning and Reporting System (NPARS)

NIAID R56-Bridge Award SOP

Program Announcements (PA) SOP

Release of Funds for Solicited, Opportunity Pool, and Career Awards SOP

Requests for Applications (RFA) SOP

Research Initiative Management System (RIMS)

Selective Pay SOP

SIMS SOP

Special Issues Requiring Council Review SOP