NIAID AWARD AND APPLICATION POLICIES NIH GUIDE, Volume 23, Number 40, November 18, 1994 P.T. 34, 44 Keywords: Grants Administration/Policy+ National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Based on recommendations of its National Advisory Council, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) is announcing new award and application policies for (1) competitive renewal investigator-initiated research grants and (2) institutional National Research Service Award (NRSA) training grants. In addition, NIAID will no longer accept for review or award investigator- initiated competing renewal program project grant applications unless they are in response to an NIAID Program Announcement, Re-issuance of an NIAID RFA, or have received specific approval from the Director, NIAID or his designee before their submission. 1. Award Limits for Competing Renewal Research Grants Because of inordinate cost increases for competing renewal grants, the direct costs awarded in the first year to a research project grant (R01) resulting from a competing renewal application will be limited to no more than a 10 percent increase over the direct costs awarded in the last non-competing year of that grant. This policy will be implemented for competing renewal applications submitted on or after the February 1, 1995 receipt date. 2. Limits on Trainees for Institutional NRSA Training Grants; Single Annual Receipt Date for Competing Applications Current commitments for institutional NRSA training grants consume a large proportion of the NIAID's training budget and have severely constrained the NIAID's ability to award new outstanding training grant applications. As a result the following changes will be made for Fiscal Year 1996: a. Training grants approved for five to six pre-doctoral trainees per year will be reduced by one trainee per year; those with seven or more will be reduced by two trainees. b. Training grants approved for four to six postdoctoral trainees will be reduced by one trainee; those with seven or more will be reduced by two trainees. c. For Fiscal Year 1996 funding, competing (new and continuation) training grant applications will be accepted by NIAID on two future receipt dates: January 10, 1995 and May 10, 1995. Thereafter, NIAID will accept competing applications for institutional training grants on one receipt date annually - January 10. 3. Competing renewal applications for RFA-based single and multi- project research grants and cooperative agreements The NIAID awards single research project grants (R01 and R29) and cooperative agreements (U01s) and multi-project grants (P01) and cooperative agreements (U19s) as well as other types of grants under requests for applications (RFAs). When the NIAID determines that an RFA will not be reissued and does not announce the continuation of an initiative under a Program Announcement, awardees should consult with NIAID program staff about submitting their applications for continuation of all or parts of their research program as regular research grants (R01s). Two or more related R01 applications may be submitted as Interactive Research Project Grant (IRPG) applications (see Program Announcement PA-94-086 Investigator-Initiated Interactive Research Project Grants NIH Guide, Vol. 23, No. 28, July 29, 1994). Under exceptional circumstances, the NIAID Director or his designee may permit exceptions from these policies. INQUIRIES John J. McGowan, Ph.D. Division of Extramural Activities National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Solar Building, Room 3C20 Bethesda, MD 20892 Telephone: (301) 496-7291 FAX: (301) 402-0369 E-Mail: john_mcgowan@exec.niaid.pc.niaid.nih.gov .
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