CAAP and 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 Council Action and Approval Program (CAAP) and the new NIAID Planning and Reporting System (NPARS).

Procedure

The CAAP modules are moving into NPARS. During the transition, some modules are in one system and some are in the other. Refer to the lists below.

Both systems download noncompeting commitments, program assignment, and initial peer review information as soon as they are in the NIH IMPAC database.

Before a grants management specialist awards a grant, the funding plan goes through the Process for Funding Plan Submission: from the division to 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. See NPARS Module: Administrative Supplements.)

For each level of approval, NPARS generates an email notifying the next group the application is ready for approval.

Program Officers

• Use these systems before Council to prepare materials for Dr. Fauci for select pay, R56-Bridge, special issues, and MERIT nominations and to review applications that fall in the gray zone (scored but outside the payline).
• Use these systems after Council to identify and release grant applications for award.
• 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 Division Coordinators

• Approve funding recommendations.

Grants Management Staff

• Delete applications that will not be funded.

For more information, see GMP's CAAP (Council Action and Approval Program) and NPARS (NIAID Planning and Reporting System) SOP.

Budget Officers

• Release grants for funding.

Division

• Send a list of grants and supplements that are to be funded.

CAAP and NPARS Modules

Each CAAP module provides a different function. Follow the links for instructions.

Modules Still in CAAP

• RFA, PA Awards System
• GMP Specialist Records, Administration
• End-of-Year

Modules Now in NPARS

These links take you to the old CAAP instructions. We will be updating the information soon.

• Administrative Supplements
• Conference Grants
• NIAID Funding Plan is called Expedited Council in NPARS. Check the Admin Tools section.
• MERIT Pay System
• MERIT Extensions
• Gray Zone Comments for Selective Pay and R56-Bridge
• Selective Pay
• R56-Bridge Awards
• Special Issues for Council

Contacts

DEA: Contact for NIAID Staff

DEA, GMP: Contact for NIAID Staff

Scientific Division CAAP and NPARS Contacts

DAIDS: Contact for NIAID Staff

DMID: Contact for NIAID Staff

DAIT: Contact for NIAID Staff

Technical Contact

Contact for NIAID Staff

If you have knowledge to share or want more information on this topic, email deaweb@niaid.nih.gov with the title of this page or its URL and your question or comment. Thanks for helping us clarify and expand our knowledge base.

Links

Administrative Supplements to Grants and Cooperative Agreements SOP

Bars to Grant Awards SOP

NIAID R56-Bridge Award SOP

Cofunding SOP

Council SOP

Council Guidance updated for each Council

Council Timetable for the Council guidance

Electronic Council Book SOP

Expedited Council Review and Award SOP

Foreign and International Grants and Components SOP

IMPAC and CRISP SOP

MERIT Awards and Extensions SOP

Program Announcements SOP

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

Requests for Applications SOP

SIMS SOP