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Purpose
To allow NIAID to fund a small number of programmatically important
applications that score beyond, but close
to, the payline.
Procedure
NIAID uses selective pay to fund a limited number of programmatically
important R01 applications that missed the payline. Program officers
nominate candidates; investigators
cannot apply for selective pay funding.
In choosing
applications, we consider the relevance of a project to our mission
in addition to its
scientific
merit. We also give new investigators some special funding consideration.
NIAID releases selective pay
grants for funding immediately after the meeting of NIAID's
main
advisory Council and
following Council's recommendation.
If Congress has not passed a budget
when the new fiscal
year begins, NIAID holds selective pay grants from September
Council and releases them once we receive our budget allocation.
If the Institute
budget
allows, NIAID releases additional selective pay grants later in the fiscal
year.
Selective pay applications have funding priority over
other "gray
zone"
applications.
Find the amount
NIAID
allocates to selective pay for the current fiscal
year
on the NIAID Budget and Funding page.
See the NIAID
Funding Policy and Process SOP for more information on how
selective pay grants are funded.
Program Staff
- Using the NIAID Planning and Reporting System (NPARS), program officers nominate applications
for selective payment, and the division director prioritizes the
nominations.
- Possible selective pay justifications:
- Research important to the division but whose scores are
unlikely to improve even with additional revisions.
- High risk/high impact research that will require a
longer period of time (more than a year) to predict success.
- Research in areas that are emerging and where the
seed funds are needed.
- Applications from new, first-time investigators who
may not be successful with a resubmission, but who
need time to develop a research track record.
- Research from investigators who possess specialized
or unique training and expertise in a rare disease
area and support is critical so this expertise
will not be lost.
- Applications that may be key to attracting and training
new investigators in disease areas that are not of
high interest but may relate to later emerging
diseases.
- Outstanding applications that just missed the payline
whose scores are unlikely to improve with additional
revisions.
- In the CAAP - Select Pay section of NPARS, coordinators enter their division's
prioritized selective
pay nominations.
- NIAID director reviews these nominations
at the pre-Council meeting.
Council Members
- Review selective pay nominations, and re-rank
if necessary.
- Recommend selective pay nominations for funding.
Grants Management Specialists
- Verify that selective pay grants that went to Council are recommended for funding by Council.
- Award selective pay grants, ensuring
that funding is limited to four years.
Division of Extramural Activities Staff
- Compile Council workbooks, review materials for completeness, and
mail them to Council.
Contacts
Contact for NIAID Staff
Grants Management Program
Contact
for NIAID Staff
Division Coordinators
DAIDS: Contact
for NIAID Staff
DMID: Contact
for NIAID Staff
DAIT: Contact
for NIAID Staff
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Links
Advisory Council SOP
CAAP and NPARS SOP
Council
Guidance tool Council
Timetable tool
NIH
Electronic Council Book Web site
Release of Funds for Solicited, Opportunity Pool, and Career Awards SOP |