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Number of NIH Institutes and Centers (ICs)

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27 (21 Institutes and 6 Centers) and OD (Office of Director)

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Research Grants

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R series

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Resource grants

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R24, R25, X01

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Program Project/Center Grants

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P series

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Career and Development Awards

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K series

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Research Training and Fellowship

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T and F, Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards

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Cooperative Agreements

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U series

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Number of ICs that funds grants for sponsored (extramural) research)

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24+ Office of Director (OD) - The three that do not are Center for Scientific Review (CSR), Center for Information Technology (CIT), and Clinical Center (can fund INTRAmural research)

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IC Extramural team

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  1. Program Officer (PO)
  2. Scientific Review Officer (SRO)
  3. Grant Management Officer (GMO) and Grant Management Specialist (GMS)
  4. Contract Officer (CO)
  5. Contract Specialist (CS)
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Type of grant request: NOFO

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Government wide (NOFO outlines participating ICS, describes opportunities, defines allowability of clinical trial, eligible PIs/institutions, submission requirements, review criteria and award administration guidelines, deadlines and IC points of contact, NOFO supersedes standard application instructions)

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Type of grant request: PA (program announcement)

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IC request in a particular scientific area (PAS [set-aside funds] and PAR [special receipt, referral and review consideration])

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Type of grant request: RFA

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Official invitation for applications, usual have a single due date

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Type of grant request: Parent Annoucement

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For “unsolicited” applications that do not fall within the scope of targeted announcements (many investigator initiated studies)

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AA

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NIAAA (National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism)

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AG

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NIA (National Institute on Aging)

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AI

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NIAID (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease)

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AR

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NIAMS (National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases)

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AT

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NCCIH (National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health)

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CA

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NCI (National Cancer Institute)

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DA

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NIDA (National Institute on Drug Abuse)

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DC

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NIDCD (National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders)

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DE

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NIDCR (National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research)

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NK

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NIDDK (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)

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EB

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NIBIB (National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering)

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NIEHS (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences)
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EY
NEI (National Eye Institute)
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NIGMS (National Institute of General Medical Sciences)
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NICHD (Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)
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HG
NHGRI (National Human Genome Research Institute)
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HL
NHLBI (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)
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LM
NLM (National Library of Medicine)
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MD
NIMHD (National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities)
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MH
NIMH (National Institute of Mental Health)
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NR
NINR (National Institute of Nursing Research)
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NS
NINDS (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
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NCATS (National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences)
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FIC (Fogarty International Center)
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Award Application Types: Type 1
Competing New (NEW)
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Award Application Types: Type 2
Competing Continuation (renewal)
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Award Application Types: Type 3
Supplement (Revision): competitive supplement (outside original project scope) and administrative supplement (within original project scope)
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Award Application Types: Type 4
Extension (limited use) Often a transition award based on initial phased success
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Award Application Types: Type 5
Noncompeting Continuation (continuation)
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Award Application Types: Type 6
Successor-in-interest/Name Change
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Award Application Types: Type 7
Change of Recipient Institution (Transfer)
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Award Application Types: Type 8
Change of Sponsoring Institute, Non-competing (Continuation)
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Award Application Types: Type 9
Change of Sponsoring Institute, Competing (Renewal)
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Standard Deadlines (Apply when specific deadlines are not stated in a NOFO)
Cycle I (January-April) Cycle II (May-August) Cycle III (September-December) When an NIH deadline falls on a holiday, weekend or NIH Closure, the application is due on the next business day
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Five Essential NIH Budget Related policies
1. MTDC 2. Consortium indirects 3. Modular budgets 4. Salary cap 5. Graduate student compensation
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Budget related policies: Exclusions to MTDC
1. capital equipment >$10K 2. student tuition 3. research patient care costs 4. rent 5. subrecipient costs >$50K
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Budget related policies: Consortium Indirects (F&A)
When calculating costs for a specified direct cost cap in a NOFO or a modular budget, a consortium F&A/indirects are excluded form the calculation
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Budget related policies: Modular Budgets
Allowable when all of these requirements : 1. for R01, R03, R15, R34 or their cooperative agreement equivalent 2. Requests no more than $250K direct costs (excluding consortium F&A) in any budget 3. Does not propose use of human fetal tissue from elective abortions 4. Is not from a foreign organization OR if required by the NOFO
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Budget related policies: NIH Salary cap
Congress legislatively mandates a salary cap for individuals on NIH awards to Executive Level II (currently $228,000)
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Budget related policies: Graduate Student Compensation
Maximum amount awarded for a graduate student (including salary, fringe and tuition remission) will not be greater than the zero level (PGY0) NRSA postdoctoral, request actual costs and NIH will adjust award amount as necessary institution may supplement from sponsored or non-sponsored funding as allowable by sponsor
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NIH Expanded Operating authorities allow for
1. Many cost related flexibilities 2. 90 days pre-award costs 3. Automatic carryover of unobligated balances except for centers, coops, clinical trials, phase I SBIR/STTRs & NRSA (Ts/Fs) 4. Once time NCTX or NC up to 12 months
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NIH Prior Approvals
1. Change in scope 2. NCE second or third 3. Alternations and renovations 4. Capital Expenditures 5. Carryover (if not automatic) 6. Change in status of PI/Key personnel named in NoA 7. Change in recipient organization or status 8. Deviation from award terms and conditions including restrictions in the NoA 9. New foreign component 10. Issuing fixed amount subawards 11. administrative supplement
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Possible indicators of Change in Scope (but not always)
1. Significant rebudgeting - expenditures in single budget category change in scope by more than 25% in current budget year 2. Purchase of a unit of equipment of >$25,000 3. Transfer of the performance of substantive programmatic work to third party 4. Incurrence of patient care costs if not previously approved
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When is deadline for drawdown of final expenses
within 120 days of project end date
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When are final reports due via eRA commons?
within 120 days of project end date (Reports include final RPPR (required even if renewal application is pending), Final Financial report [FRR] and Final Invention statement [FIS])
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Record retention requirement of NIH
Three years from the date the final FFR is submitted
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