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Standard Operating Procedure Table of Contents

 

Purpose

To enable applicants to apply for NIH grants that have undergone the transition to electronic application.

Procedure

If a grant type has switched to electronic application, applicants must complete the Grant Application Package for a funding opportunity announcement (FOA). Find transition dates in the NIH Planned Transition Dates Timeline.

FOAs are listed in Grants.gov and the NIH Guide; NIAID's FOAs are also on the NIH Funding Opportunities Relevant to NIAID.

Each grant opportunity has its own FOA that includes a Grant Application Package with forms and instructions. For some grant types, NIH issues a parent PA that enables applicants to apply electronically for that grant mechanism. For example, the NIH Exploratory/Developmental Research Grant Program (Parent R21) Announcement lets investigators submit an R21 application in any scientific topic they wish to participating ICs.

Although a parent PA may exist, institutes may issue their own FOAs for the same mechanism, e.g., the R21. Institute-specific initiatives enable institutes to solicit applications in a defined scientific area. The best way to find out which NIAID FOA to use is to go to the NIH Funding Opportunities Relevant to NIAID. See Application Approach: What Are Your Choices? and Compare FOAs in the NIH Grant Cycle: Application to Renewal.

Before an organization can submit an electronic application, it must register with Grants.gov and the eRA Commons. Typically, PIs must register only in the Commons. A PI registers in Grants.gov only if he or she is also an authorized organizational representative (AOR). See Plan Ahead for Electronic Application in the New Investigator Guide to NIH Funding for more information.

Find additional information on electronic applications through the Application portal and the Applying for a Grant questions and answers.

Principal Investigators

Authorized Organizational Representatives

eRA Commons Signing Official

Contacts

Patricia Haggerty, haggertp@nih.gov, 301/451-2615

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

Electronic Submission of Grant Applications Web site from NIH

Avoiding Common Errors

SF 424 Application and Electronic Submission Information

Animals in Research SOP

Data Sharing for Grants: Final Research Data SOP

Data Sharing for Grants: Genome-Wide Association Studies SOP

Foreign and International Grants and Components SOP

Grant Application, Paper SOP

Human Subjects SOPs

Just-in-Time SOP

Modular Grants SOP

NIH Modular Research Grant Applications

Select Agent Awards SOP

Sharing Model Organisms SOP

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