Recovery Act Questions and Answers for NIAID Investigators Index

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This page is meant as an interactive resource, often based on actual questions from the research community and NIAID staff. It links to more in-depth information in other parts of the NIAID and the Economic Recovery Act and Research Funding site.

You can search for your question in one of the Individual Question and Answer Pages, or find it below in the Table of Contents for All Recovery Act Questions.

Note that these answers are true for NIAID; other NIH institutes may take a different approach.

Individual Question and Answer Pages

• Background Information
• Getting Recovery Act Funding
• Special ARRA Requirements
• Conducting Research
• Funding Opportunities
• Supplements
• After the Stimulus Ends

Table of Contents for All Recovery Act Questions

• Background Information
  • How did NIAID design its program to meet the goals of the Recovery Act?
  • What's the difference between ARRA funds and NIAID's regular appropriation?
  • What types of awards is NIAID funding?
  • Can I get more than one ARRA grant? 
  • Are there NIH initiatives in which NIAID is not participating?
  • Is NIAID funding both investigator-initiated applications and those responding to RFAs?
  • How are you funding R01 applications responding to an RFA with ARRA monies?
  • Who at NIAID can answer my questions about ARRA and the stimulus funds?
  • Are NIAID and other NIH institutes implementing Recovery Act funding in the same way?
  • When did agencies begin reporting their use of Recovery Act funds to Recovery.gov?
  • When do grantees report their use of Recovery Act funds?
  • Why did NIAID issue two-year awards instead of longer awards?
  • How does Recovery Act funding affect new and early-stage investigators?
  • Is NIAID awarding any supplements?
  • Are NIAID R56-Bridge awards using stimulus funds or money from the regular fiscal year budget?
  • Can I get an ARRA award to extend my grant?
  • Is NIAID awarding or extending fellowships and career awards from ARRA funds?
  • Are small businesses eligible for ARRA funds including supplements?
  • Are R56-Bridge awards eligible for ARRA supplements?
  • Would an R01 submitted in FY 2010 that ranks between 12 and 25 percentile be eligible for an ARRA R56-Bridge?
  • Could I get stimulus funds through NIAID if another NIH institute is listed as primary on my application?
  • Why do you refer to two-year awards when September 2010 is less than two years away?
• Getting Recovery Act Funding
  • How do I apply for my ARRA award after I receive your request?
  • Why do I need to send a detailed budget for my ARRA grant?
  • Do I need to submit revised Specific Aims and a revised budget if I get a one-year R56-Bridge award?
  • How do you determine the funding level for an ARRA award?
  • What if I got two years of stimulus money and later years with regular appropriated funds?
  • If I'm applying for an opportunity, can I reuse an existing application?
  • Can career awardees get ARRA supplements?
  • What do you mean by significant unexpended balances for administrative supplements? Is a balance greater than 25 percent of the current year's total approved budget significant?
  • If I have an ARRA award, can I apply for an administrative supplement?
  • Does an administrative supplement request have to stay within the scope of the research of the grant?
  • Are there restrictions on the amount a PI can request for equipment?
  • My application was assigned to NIAMS as primary institute and NIAID as secondary institute. Whom should I contact to have my application considered for stimulus funding?
  • For an R01, can an administrative supplement support a PI’s salary or can it cover only salary for newly hired employees?
• Special ARRA Requirements
  • What's different about a grant awarded using Recovery Act funds?
  • How does NIAID enforce the special requirements for Recovery Act grants?
  • Where do I report my data?
  • Given the extensive reporting requirements for ARRA awards, is it acceptable to budget for administrative support (salary and fringe benefits)?
  • Are equipment purchases through ARRA supplements subject to the Buy American Act?
  • Can I transfer an ARRA award from one institution to another if I relocate?
• Conducting Research
  • After I am awarded an ARRA grant what are the expectations?
  • Do I conduct my research differently using Recovery Act funds?
  • Can I carry over money from my ARRA award to my next regular grant?
  • Can I take a no-cost extension on an ARRA award?
  • Can I request one or two years of funding if I am in the first year of a no-cost extension for my R01?
  • Can I request an administrative supplement if I am toward the end of my grant?
• Funding Opportunities
  • Where can I find a general description of opportunities funded through the Recovery Act?
  • Where can I find information about supplements?
  • How can I apply for a Challenge Grant?
  • Can I use my Challenge Grant topic for another funding opportunity?
  • Can I accept a Challenge Grant if I already hold a career award?
  • How did NIH review Challenge Grants?
  • What happens if my application is assigned to NIAID for an opportunity that NIAID isn't participating in?
• Supplements
  • Is NIAID awarding any supplements?
  • Is there a dollar limit to how much I can request for an administrative supplement?
  • If my institution submitted my request several weeks ago, how do I know that it is being processed?
  • Can I get more than one supplement for a grant?
  • Are small businesses eligible for ARRA funds including supplements?
  • Are R56-Bridge awards eligible for ARRA supplements?
  • Can career awardees get ARRA supplements?
  • Is NIAID awarding ARRA supplements for career reentry R01s?
  • If I get an ARRA R01, can I apply for a diversity supplement? 
  • Can medical students be supported through the NIH summer intern notice?
  • If I have an ARRA award, can I apply for an administrative supplement?
  • Can I request an administrative supplement if I am toward the end of my grant?
  • For equipment that I need immediately, may I purchase it from the parent grant now and pay with the supplement later?
  • I have an ARRA administrative supplement to retain a postdoctoral fellow. Can I hire a research technician if the postdoc moves to a new position?
  • What do you mean by significant unexpended balances for administrative supplements? Is a balance greater than 25 percent of the current year's total approved budget significant?
  • Does an administrative supplement request have to stay within the scope of the research of the grant?
  • If I submit a request for a one-year administrative supplement, does the year period have to end on the same date as the parent grant?
  • If I submit my supplement application for the July 17, 2009, due date, what start and end dates should I use?
  • What is the page limit for requesting a supplement?
  • Are references included in the five page limit for the research plan for administrative supplements?
  • For an R01, can an administrative supplement support a PI’s salary or can it cover only salary for newly hired employees?
  • Are equipment purchases through ARRA supplements subject to the Buy American Act?
  • If I received $50,000 in 2009 for a K award supplement, will I get another $50,000 in 2010, or do I have to reapply?
• After the Stimulus Ends
  • What happens to NIH's budget after two years?
  • How can I deal with the end of the stimulus in two years?
  • If I got a two-year R01 through Recovery Act funds, can I resubmit my original application?
  • If I got a two-year R01, will I be able to carry over the ARRA funds?
  • Can I take a no-cost extension on an ARRA award?
  • If I missed the opportunity to get an ARRA award, what happens if I’m outside the payline in FY 2010? Could the payline be different?

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