Special Issues Requiring Council Review

This SOP has internal roles only.

Purpose

To obtain Council recommendations for applications with funding issues or concerns coming out of initial peer review.

Procedure

Before funding applications with special issues, NIAID must present them to Council and obtain its recommendations.

These applications include those with scientific review group concerns, e.g., human subject or animal concerns, as well as those requiring special funding actions, e.g., renewal R01 applications requesting more than 20 percent over the direct cost of the last noncompeting award.

See Definitions of Special Issues Presented to Council for details on items that do and do not go to Council.

Program Staff

• Use the NIAID Planning and Reporting System (NPARS) to prepare and present the following 14 special issues to Council for its recommendations:
• Reinstatement of specific aims.
• Unscored applications.
• Non-peer-reviewed applications.
• Deferred applications.
• Unresolved appeals.
• Foreign applications.
• Council member applications.
• Human subjects.
• Biohazards.
• Animals in research.
• Minority recruitment plans in institutional training grant applications.
• Inclusion of women and minorities as subjects in clinical research.
• Inclusion of children as subjects in clinical research.
• Renewal R01 applications requesting more than a 20 percent increase.

• Possibly present other topics to Council, particularly funding for large, high-visibility programs.

Program Staff and Council Members

• For details, see Council Guidance and the NIAID Funding Policy and Process SOP.

Contacts

Contact for NIAID Staff

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Links

Administrative Supplements to Grants and Cooperative Agreements SOP

Advisory Council SOP

Animals in Research SOP

Appeals of Scientific Review of Grant Applications SOP

Foreign and International Grants and Components SOP

Human Subjects SOPs

Human Subjects Inclusion Codes

MERIT Awards and Extensions SOP

Renewal Funding SOP