Paylines and Funding

Paylines and Financial Management Plan

See Financial Management Plan and NIAID Paylines for FY 2011 information.

After You Apply

Check NIAID Paylines to assess the likelihood of funding.

• FY 2011 paylines.
  • 10 percentile for investigators who are not new.
  • 14 percentile for new investigators.
  • For final paylines for other grant types, go to NIAID Paylines.
• Find paylines from previous years at Archive of Final NIAID Paylines by Fiscal Year.
• Learn more at Paylines and Budget Pages Change Throughout the Year.

Before applying, check the PI salary cap or stipend levels for training and fellowship awards and learn about policies that may affect your application.

• PI Salary Cap and Stipends.
  • The salary cap for fiscal year 2011 is $199,700.
  • NRSA Stipend Levels have increased by 2 percent for fiscal year 2011.

Go to our Financial Management Plan to learn about funding policies.

Call Us After Your Summary Statement Is in the Commons

• Ask your program officer whether your application is likely to be funded.
• Read Know What a Summary Statement Means in the NIH Grant Cycle: Application to Renewal.

Understand Funding Decisions

• Read Part 10. Funding Decisions in the NIH Grant Cycle: Application to Renewal.

Find Out What to Do if Not Funded

• Go to:
  • Part 11b. Not Funded, Reapply in the NIH Grant Cycle: Application to Renewal.
  • Resubmission for Unfunded Applications questions and answers.

Know Funding Policies That May Affect Your Grant

• Go to Financial Management Plan.
• See Paylines and Budget Pages Change Throughout the Year.

Keep Up With Budget News and Policy Changes

• NIAID Funding Newsletter -- biweekly newsletter
• Subscribe to Email Alerts -- newsletter, funding opportunities, paylines, and other interest areas.
• Special Announcements -- all NIAID-relevant NIH Guide announcements except funding opportunities.
• Top Policy Changes -- summary of major policy announcements for one year.

Find More Information

• Standard Operating Procedures
  • Budget and Funding section
• Questions and Answers
  • Budget and Funding section

Background on Budget and Funding

• NIAID Budget Data Comparisons
• Archive of Final NIAID Paylines by Fiscal Year -- historical paylines going back to 1999
• NIAID Funding Opportunity Planning and the Budget Cycle
• NIAID Budget -- appropriation and budget data from our budget office.
• NIH Extramural Financial Operations
• Understanding Paylines and Percentiles
• Laws and Regulations That Affect NIH's Programs
• Status of Appropriations Legislation for Fiscal Year 2012
• Success Rates
  • Research Project Success Rates for NIAID
• Research Portfolio Online Reporting Tool (RePORT)

More NIAID Grant Portals

For more information, go to our other Grants portals by stage, audience, and science area.

Look It Up

• appropriation
• continuing resolution
• fellowship (F)
• financial management plan
• fiscal year
• interim payline
• overall impact score
• payline
• percentile
• renewal
• RePORT
• resubmission
• success rate
• summary statement
• stipend
• training grant (T)

See the Glossary for more terms.