NIAID Request for Assignment Changes From CSR

This SOP has internal roles only.

Standard Operating Procedure Table of Contents

• Purpose
• Procedure
• Contacts
• Links

Purpose

To request that the NIH Center for Scientific Review (CSR) change a grant application's primary institute assignment (grant number), activity code, integrated review group or study section, or Council date or withdraw an application.

Procedure

Program staff may request that a grant application’s primary assignment be changed, either by using a paper 901 form or initiating an electronic Assignment Change Request (ACR).

Change of Institute Assignment

Program Staff

• Request a change in primary assignment for a grant application in either of the following cases:
  • Before peer review—NIAID and other IC staff agree the application has been misassigned.
  • After peer review—if NIAID wants to accept primary assignment from another IC after peer review. Do not make this request until after the summary statement is in IMPAC.
• Review new assignments in your portfolio immediately. If you have an application that doesn't fit NIAID’s mission but suits another IC's better, discuss assignment changes with your counterparts at the other institute. If another IC agrees to accept primary assignment, fill out a paper 901 form or initiate an Assignment Change Request (ACR, electronic 901). See the Request for Assignment Changes: Instructions for more information.
• If an application is moving to an institute for review, notify the scientific review officer of the assignment change before the review.
• Fill out a Request for Assignment Change (901) form including the name of staff contacted in both ICs under "Staff Consulted."
• If you don’t find another IC home for the application, decline the assignment by filling out a DRR Attention Needed (DR RAN) form within 30 days of the assignment’s appearance in IMPAC. If you decline the application after that, include an explanation of the delay. Send the DR RAN form to your division coordinator, who will forward it to the NIAID ReceiptReferral at Contact for NIAID Staff. Do not send the form directly to CSR.

In deciding whether to accept an assignment change from another institute, discuss the consequences with your branch chief. If your division decides to accept an application, notify your division coordinator, who will then let the NIAID Referral Liaison at Contact for NIAID Staff know.

NIAID Receipt and Referral Liaison

• Fax the approved DR RAN form to CSR or approve the ACR.

Applicants

• Use the Request for Primary IC Assignment SOP.

Withdrawal After Application Submission

Program Staff

• If an application is nonresponsive to an initiative, see the Withdrawal of a Nonresponsive Application SOP.
• If an applicant decides to withdraw an application, see the Investigator Withdrawal of an Application SOP.

Contacts

If the application will be reviewed at NIAID, contact the NIAID Scientific Review Program or the appropriate program officer. For more information, see Contact Staff for Help.

Contact for NIAID Staff

Program Division Coordinators

Contact for NIAID Staff—DAIDS

Contact for NIAID Staff—DAIT

Contact for NIAID Staff—DMID GrantOps

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Links

Selection of Appropriate Funding Mechanisms SOP

Program Assignment in NIAID SOP

Request for Primary IC Assignment SOP