Questions and Answers Table of Contents
What do different staff do at NIAID?
For the diverse roles of NIAID staff, see Contact Staff for Help, When to Contact an NIAID Program Officer, Program Officers SOP, and Project Officer SOP.
Where do I find help?
Go to the Finding Help questions and answers.
Who advises applicants and grantees?
NIAID program
officers, grants management specialists, and scientific review officers can help you at different stages.
Who advises offerors and contractors?
At the initiative stage
-- for a request
for proposals -- call the contracting
officer or specialist. Offerors may
not talk to program staff before the award of a contract.
After award,
contractors work closely with program staff who serve as project
officers to resolve most issues. For more information, see Project
Officer SOP and About
NIAID Contracts. Find staff at Contact Staff for Help.
When should I call my grant or contract specialist?
Call your contract or grant specialist for business or policy questions related to your award, and call a contracting officer for more information about an RFP. For more insights, see Contact Staff for Help.
Whom should I call before I find
out who my program officer is?
You can call the temporary NIAID contact.
See Contact Staff for Help for more information.
When should I call my program officer?
Call an NIAID program officer to see whether your application topic would fit into his or her program, learn the status of your application, and possibly get more information about the initial peer review of your application, after receiving your summary statement.
For questions about a request for applications or program announcement, call the program officer listed in the NIH Guide announcement. He or she may help you assess your chances of success in applying. Also see When to Contact an NIAID Program Officer.
When should I call my SRO?
Call an NIAID scientific review officer for questions about the review process or about a request for applications.
Can a program officer tell me more
about initiatives?
Yes. Read more at Can a program officer
tell me more about initiatives than what's stated in the Guide?
on our Finding
Help questions and answers page.
Can a program officer tell me about funding opportunities in
other institutes?
Yes. Read more at Who can tell
me about funding opportunities in other institutes? on our Finding
Help questions and answers page.
Whom should I call before my summary statement is in the Commons?
Call the scientific review officer (SRO) in charge of the initial peer review of your grant application -- see Who Peer Reviews Your Application?
Whom should I call to find out more about initial peer review?
An NIAID or Center for Scientific Review (CSR) scientific review officer (SRO) can help you with questions about formatting and preparing your grant application.
Find an NIAID SRO on the Scientific Review Program staff list. Find an SRO in CSR at CSR Study Section Roster Index.
Do program staff have any role in grant initial peer review?
Program officers often attend initial peer review meetings. Though program officers do not participate in the review, they may be able to describe the discussion and give you more details. However, they are not allowed to tell you which reviewer said what.
Is an NIAID staff person my advocate at initial peer review?
No. The primary reviewer -- a non-NIH peer reviewer assigned to your application -- becomes its advocate at the review. See Primary and Secondary Reviewers Make Your Case.
If I see a code on my summary statement, whom do I call?
Call your program officer to find out how to lift a bar to award on your summary statement. For more information, see Assigning a Priority Score, Human Subjects Inclusion Codes, Bars to Grant Awards SOP, Human Subjects SOPs, What Happens If Reviewers Have Concerns?, Research Animals Involvement Codes, and Understand Codes on Your Summary Statement.
If my application's funding is deferred, whom do I call?
Call your program officer for advice if your application's funding is deferred till
later in the fiscal year. Find a program officer at Contact Staff for Help, see Outcomes of Second-Level Review, and learn what to do if If Your Application Is Unscored.
Who can answer my budget questions about grants?
Grants specialists tell PIs what costs are allowed and answer budget and other business-related questions. See Contact Staff for Help.
Who negotiates grant and contract awards?
Grants specialists and contracting officers negotiate awards for grants and contracts. For more information, see Negotiation
Determines Your Terms of Award and About NIAID Contracts.
If I want to change an animal model on a grant, whom do I call?
Call your program officer for advice. Find a program officer at Contact Staff for Help. Also read Some Actions
Require Our Approval in the NIH Grant Cycle: Application to Renewal.
Who approves major project changes for grants?
NIAID's grants management officer approves major project changes. Also read Some Actions
Require Our Approval and Prior Approvals for Post-Award Grant Actions SOP.
What if my question wasn't answered here, or I'd like to suggest a question?
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