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“If I submit two distinct R01 applications, and my percent effort on each exceeds 50 percent, what happens?”
Funding News Edition: December 20, 2023
If both applications are funded, we'll adjust your effort to be no more than 100 percent total when we negotiate your awards.
“Will the new peer review criteria impact applications due on or after January 25, 2024?”
Funding News Edition: November 8, 2023
No, the implementation date for NIH’s Simplified Peer Review Framework is January 25, 2025—so, about 15 months from now, not 10 weeks. Later next year, NIH will reissue notices of funding opportunity to reflect the simplified review criteria and provide updated resources to applicants and reviewers.Learn more by watching the Online Briefing on NIH's Simplified Peer Review Framework for NIH
“If I applied well ahead of the due date, and I want to change an aspect of my application, can I withdraw it and submit again?”
Funding News Edition: October 4, 2023
“If I receive funding as part of a multiple-PI application, do I lose my new PI status?”
Funding News Edition: May 15, 2024
Know Your Timeline to Award If All Goes According to Plan
Funding News Edition: January 17, 2024
Knowing when NIAID will begin funding your project is essential—it’s necessary for hiring support staff or arranging subcontracts or even timing a renewal application.
Don’t Overlook the Three Types of Overlap
Funding News Edition: October 4, 2023
Overlap may be scientific, budgetary, or commitment related. To resolve concerns around overlap, you’ll need to provide information as part of the Just-in-Time (JIT) process that occurs after peer review, when NIAID is considering the application for funding.
Don’t Waste Your Time: Take an Extra Minute When Selecting NOFOs, Form Sets
Funding News Edition: December 4, 2024
We’ve now reached a stretch of time in which two form sets (i.e., FORMS-H and FORMS-I) and two versions of certain notices of funding opportunities (NOFOs) will be active simultaneously.
FORMS-I Transition: Setting Up Dominoes to Topple on January 25, 2025
Funding News Edition: April 17, 2024
NIH will transition to FORMS-I for application due dates on or after January 25, 2025, and also implement new policies and procedures that accompany the switch.
Addressing Common Misconceptions About NOSIs
Funding News Edition: May 1, 2024
NIH uses notices of special interest (NOSIs) to invite applications on high-priority and high-opportunity areas of science. NOSIs are designed to reduce administrative burden on NIH staff and grant applicants alike.
Early-Career Researchers—Propose a Budget that Meets Your Research Needs
Funding News Edition: August 16, 2023
Request a budget sufficient to make your proposed project successful. Do not risk peer reviewers judging your costs insufficient to the work or deeming you naive to the price of conducting successful research.
Applicants—Before You Copy/Paste, Consider NIH’s Latest Case Study
Funding News Edition: December 20, 2023
Peer reviewers are prohibited from using and sharing materials from a confidential peer review meeting, and doing so constitutes a serious breach of confidentiality.
Why Criterion Scores Don’t Add Up
Funding News Edition: October 20, 2023
The criterion scores reflect the views of the assigned reviewers while your overall impact score reflects the scores of all the panel members who voted.
Where to Check in an Opportunity for the Earliest Start Date
Funding News Edition: June 5, 2024
Most notices of funding opportunities list the application due date, peer review date, Advisory Council round, and earliest project start date in the “Key Dates” section of Part 1. Overview Information.
How NIAID Sets a Payline—A Conservative Approach in Light of Uncertainty
Funding News Edition: August 16, 2023
We can increase a payline and then fund applications from earlier in the fiscal year that are now within the payline, but we cannot decrease a payline and pull back funding from awards already made.
International Awards—Part II. Foreign Projects
Funding News Edition: March 16, 2023
Foreign applications need to propose talent, resources, populations, or environmental conditions not in the United States, e.g., access to a unique study population.
Grant Coming to an End? Avoid and Survive a Funding Gap
Funding News Edition: July 19, 2023
As long as you have accomplished enough to build a strong case for renewing your grant, apply early so you have time to revise and resubmit without risking an interruption in funding.
When a Modular Budget Is Right for You
Funding News Edition: February 26, 2025
Request a budget sufficient to make your proposed project successful; reviewers will not respond well when faced with a budget that is clearly inflated or insufficient for the proposed work.
Administrative Supplement Supports Research Testing on Gender Measurement
Funding News Edition: February 15, 2023
The health conditions of interest to NIAID impact the health of sexual minority and majority populations, and the Institute endorses meaningful sexual orientation and gender identity measurement in research, clinical care, and administrative settings.
Ease Educational Debt Through Loan Repayment Programs
Funding News Edition: August 7, 2024
To be eligible, you must be a doctoral-level clinician or researcher who’s committed to conducting NIH-qualified clinical research. If NIH approves your application, we will repay up to $50,000 each year toward your qualified educational debt.
News Briefs and Worth Repeating
Funding News Edition: October 2, 2024
Reminder of NIH Policy on Late Applications Caused by Weather Emergencies; Examine Data on Professional Degree Types in NIH’s Grant Portfolio; NIH Revises Its Definition of Sexual and Gender Minority Populations
Distinguish Between Delayed Start and Delayed Onset in Human Subjects Research
Funding News Edition: December 20, 2023
If you are planning a delayed start to a human subjects study but wrongly mark it as a delayed onset study, your application will be missing important details which may negatively affect your score.
Don’t Get Spooked—Check the Grant Number for Unfunded Notifications
Funding News Edition: October 16, 2024
If you or your institution receives a notification alerting you that a change was made to your application status, pay attention to the grant application number referenced in the message.
Explore Our Priority Topics for Small Business Research Projects
Funding News Edition: August 2, 2023
To accompany the annual small business parent notices of funding opportunities, NIH assembles a list of scientific priorities for small business awards of interest to its institutes and centers.
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