| 1. After each Council meeting, review Council-approved concepts.
Concepts represent the
very earliest planning stage of a research initiative: a
program announcement (PA), request for applications (RFA),
or requests for proposals (RFP). Published initiatives announce NIH funding opportunities in high-priority areas of science.
Even at this pre-initiative stage, concepts can be useful to you. Learn how to use a high-priority topic as the basis of an investigator-initiated application at Concepts May Turn Into Initiatives and Application Approach: What Are Your Choices?
To find concepts
by division, go to the Concepts: Potential Opportunities page. We list Council dates at National Advisory Allergy and Infectious Diseases Council.
2. Check our initiative list to see advertised areas in which we need applications.
Consider applying for an initiative if the topic matches your area of expertise.
For most PAs, NIAID will fund grants in the
topic, including some that score above the payline.
All RFAs and RFPs have their own funding set-asides, and some PAs do as well. Find a list on NIH Funding Opportunities Relevant to NIAID.
Read more in the Application Approach: What Are Your Choices? section of NIH Grant Cycle: Application to Renewal.
3. Call an NIAID
program officer for more information and advice about opportunities.
Contact an NIAID program officer to discuss what other areas the Institute has defined as high priority, which you could either apply for through an initiative or use as the basis of an investigator-initiated application.
Does the Institute have other unpublished areas in which it would like to receive investigator-initiated applications that match your areas of expertise?
You can also call the program officer listed in the announcement to get more information about an RFA. Can you qualify for all the requirements?
Ask how well the initiative is
suited to your research strengths and objectives, and discuss the level of competition you can expect. Go to Contact Staff for Help to find a program officer.
4. Assess what is already funded to unearth gaps in your field.
Ferret out the gaps in your field, paying particular attention to areas the Institute considers to be high priority. Both the Community of Science and CRISP have search engines that will find
funded research projects.
5. After you have identified
a topic, read our NIH Grant Cycle: Application to Renewal and other All About Grants
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