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Standard Operating Procedure Table of Contents
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Purpose
To solicit
grant applications in narrowly defined, high-priority, and
high-opportunity areas of
science.
Procedure
A request
for applications (RFA) is one of three types of initiatives
-- together with program
announcements and requests
for proposals --
NIAID develops with
its advisory Council.
See the Concept Development SOP for
more information on concepts and
initiatives.
RFAs may be sponsored by one or more NIH institutes or centers. They
always have set-aside funds
and a targeted number of awards. NIAID's review committees usually peer
review applications
responding to NIAID's RFAs.
NIAID publishes all RFAs in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts and Grants.gov.
RFAs have single receipt
dates, which are stated in their Guide and funding
opportunity announcements.
Investigators
Program Officers
Office of Program Coordination and Operations Staff
- Create a phasing plan and receive internal
DEA approval of the plan before sending to program divisions for
approval.
- Provide guidance to program staff during all
stages of RFA development.
- Review first and final submissions and send comments
to the Office of Initiative Development. OID forwards comments to the program officer through the program division coordinator according
to the phasing plan.
- Enter the RFAs into the Early Notification System
to allow other ICs the opportunity to comment before the RFA is published.
- Ensure the RFAs are formatted according to the most recent RFA guidelines
and templates.
- Send the final RFA to NIH Guide staff
for review, approval, and publication.
- Monitor phasing milestones and revise as necessary.
Office of Initiative Development
- About four to eight weeks before the first version of an RFA is due, coordinate and lead a pre-initiative planning meeting to discuss scope, requirements, and other issues.
- The meeting includes the program officer, branch chief, program division coordinator, DEA staff, and possibly a representative from NIAID's Office of Technology Development.
- See the Pre-initiative Planning Meeting Checklist for details.
- Advise program staff during all stages of RFA development.
Contacts
Applicants with questions should Contact Staff for Help.
RFAs -- Contact
for NIAID Staff
Phasing -- Contact for NIAID Staff, Office of Program Coordination and Operations (OPCO)
Program Division Coordinators
Contact
for NIAID Staff -- DAIDS
Contact
for NIAID Staff -- DAIT
Contact
for NIAID Staff -- DMID
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Links
Early Notification SOP
Grants.gov
NIAID Research
Funding
NIAID
Funding Policy and Process SOP
NIH Guide Publishing System, including Submission Guidelines and Templates for
Publications in the NIH Guide
Research Initiative Management System (RIMS)
Searching
the NIH Guide for Expired Initiatives
SIMS
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