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This checklist is based on Part 12. Renewal Application of NIAID's NIH Grant Cycle: Application to Renewal. Find more checklists at Checklists for the NIH Grant Cycle.
Table of Contents
- Renewal Strategy
- Timing Your Application
- Renewal How To
- How to Fill Out the Forms for a Renewal
- Planning a Budget
- Strategies for Dealing With a Budget Cap
- When Funding Is Tight
- Staying Funded
- Strategy to Keep Funds Flowing
Renewal Strategy
 Have you considered whether you can continue the project with roughly the same level of resources? See Renewal Strategy.
Do you know when should you apply? Go to Renewal Strategy.
Have you thought about how you will maintain funding if you don't succeed on the first try? See Renewal Strategy.
Have you thought how the renewal will fit into your career plan? (We discussed this earlier in What's Your Game Plan?)
Do you know whether to submit a renewal or a new application? See Renewal or New Application?
Did you ask your program officer for advice on a strategy? Read Renewal or New Application?
Have you considered dividing the project into two applications: one for new work and a renewal to continue existing research? See how in Renewal or New Application?
Do you know what qualifies as a new application? See What Qualifies as a New Application? for more information.
Timing Your Application
Do you know the advantages of applying early instead of waiting until the last possible receipt date?
Did you talk to your program officer for advice on timing?
Are you applying early enough that your application will be affected by the next fiscal year's payline?
If you decided to apply early, did you make sure you have enough data showing progress?
Do you know how long you can wait to submit a renewal after your grant ends?
Will you have a gap between the end of your grant and your renewal?
Did you explain how your planned research is in sync with your field of science?
Did you state what you accomplished during the gap?
Did you highlight new preliminary data?
For more information, see Timing Your Application, Considerations for Applying Early, and No Time Limits . . . But.
Renewal How To
Did your renewal application link to the previous grant's aims without duplicating them?
Are you applying early enough to avoid a break in funding?
Did you provide preliminary data in the application?
Did you revisit your Research Plan to make sure it does the following:
- Reflect the latest research in your field?
- Describe the significance of the renewal in the larger science and health context?
- Show the project's past and next steps?
Do you understand that showing progress is enough?
Did you describe your work and highlight your successes in your progress report and the Background and Significance section of your Research Plan?
Even if your application was nominated for selective pay, did you revise and resubmit?
Are you keeping up with your field?
Did you show accomplishments through publications, invitations to present, and conference abstracts?
Did you request enough travel money to attend two or three meetings a year?
Are your papers published or accepted for publication?
For more information, see Renewal How To.
How to Fill Out the Forms for a Renewal
Do you how a renewal application differs from a new one?
Do you know how to fill out the Grant Application Package for your renewal?
Do you know how to decide whether to change the title?
For more information, see How to Fill Out the Forms for a Renewal.
Planning a Budget
Did you request enough money to perform your research?
Did you factor in the cap on Paylines and Budget?
Do you know how NIAID computes the cap?
For more information, see Planning a Budget.
Strategies for Dealing With a Budget Cap
Do you need more funding than the cap allows?
Did you consider submitting a new application or a second application?
Did you talk to your program officer for advice about requesting more than the cap?
For more information, see Strategy to Keep Funds Flowing.
When Funding Is Tight
Can you scale back your plans and keep your budget request small?
If you need more money, could you write another application?
Did you talk to your program officer for advice?
Did you consider applying early enough to avoid a break in funding in case you need to resubmit?
Are your expectations realistic in terms of how much money and how many awards you can expect?
For more information, see When Funding is Tight.
Staying Funded
If you're a new PI, did you talk to experienced investigators for ideas to avoid running out of money in case you need to revise and resubmit?
For more information, see Staying Funded.
Strategy to Keep Funds Flowing
Did you consider writing another R01 application?
If so, did you make sure it is distinct from your funded work?
Would dividing your research into multiple applications dilute your ideas?
If you did, would you be able to juggle all the work?
Do you know what level of effort to request?
Do you have sufficient staff to do the work?
Did you consider applying for an Exploratory/Developmental Grant (R21) or Small Grant (R03) to gather data for new research?
Did you ask your program officer about an R56-Bridge award?
Did you look at other funding sources outside of NIH?
For more information, see Strategy to Keep Funds Flowing.
Find more checklists at Checklists for the NIH Grant Cycle. For more information, see NIAID's NIH Grant Cycle: Application to Renewal and the All About Grants tutorials. |
