Reentry supplements support scientists who have taken time off to care for children or parents, or attend to other family responsibilities. For more information, read the July 1, 2008, Guide notice.
Deadlines
NIAID receives applications at any time and review them
approximately every eight weeks.
If you are seeking an award before the end of a fiscal year -- September 30 -- we have to receive your application no later than June 30.
Applications received after this date will be considered for funding in the next fiscal year. We do not make awards during continuing resolutions.
Review and Award
A committee
of NIAID senior staff members review applications, generally within two months. NIAID will make awards about four to
six weeks after review.
Eligibility
As long as PIs have at least two years of NIAID support remaining, they can receive funding for the following grant types:
- Research project grants -- R01, R18, R24, R37
- Multiproject grants -- P01, P30, P50
- Small business awards -- R41, R42, R43, R44
- Cooperative agreements -- U01, U19, U42, U54
Candidates must have a doctoral degree and had a postdoctoral or faculty position when they left active research.
Non-U.S. citizens
must have permanent residency status ("green card") at time of award.
People on temporary or student visas are not eligible.
Salary and Budget
- Salary
and fringe benefits: consistent with the institutional salary policy.
- Supplies and travel: up to $10,000 with justification.
- Equipment: allowed only with prior approval from NIAID.
Advice for Applicants
Submit a paper application or email PDF files of scanned documents. NIAID encourages -- but does not require -- using PDFs.
Work with your business office to make sure you use the correct forms.
Paper applications
- Include the following:
- Front page of PHS 398.
- Budget page from PHS 398 for the first 12 months (DD).
- Budget page for entire proposed period of support (EE).
- PI's two-page biosketch as in an R01 (FF).
- Reentry scientist's biosketch (FF).
- Two- to four-page description of what the project entails. We need
to know exactly what project the reentry scientist will be doing.
- One-page statement of the reentry candidate's career goals.
- Brief note describing why the reentry supplement is needed.
- Send the
original plus two copies to the NIAID staff contact.
PDF Files
- Convert the required PHS 398 forms (see above) into PDF files.
- Your institutional business official's signature must be clearly legible.
- Include a single PDF with transcripts, letters of recommendation, and other items that cannot be downloaded from the PHS 398 application package.
- Send your PDFs as attachments in an email to the NIAID Staff Contact.
- Use the subject line "NIAID Reentry Supplement Application PDF."
- Make sure your contact information is in the body of the email.
For More Information
See Research
Supplements in our Tutorial for Training and Career Awards, Fellowships, and Supplements tutorial.
NIAID
Staff Contact
Raushanah Newman
6700B Rockledge Drive
Room 2148B
Bethesda, MD 20817
Phone: 301-451-2691
Email: newmanrau@niaid.nih.gov |
