NIAID Request for Assignment Changes from CSR

This SOP has internal roles only.

Purpose

To request that the NIH Center for Scientific Review (CSR) change a grant application's primary institute assignment (grant number), activity code, integrated review group or study section, or Council date or withdraw an application.

Procedure

The NIAID Referral Liaison at Contact for NIAID Staff reviews and signs Change of Assignment (901) forms and forwards them to either the CSR Division of Receipt and Referral (DRR) or another IC, depending on the request.

Use the online 901 form to ensure you are using the current version. DEA updates it periodically; follow the 901 form instructions.

The two most common requests in a 901 form are an assignment change from CSR and an application's withdrawal from IMPAC.

Change of IC assignment

Program Staff

• Request a change in primary assignment for a grant application in either of the following cases:
  • Before initial review for a change in IC assignment,
  • After peer review to enable a new primary IC to make an award. Do not make this request until after the summary statement has been entered into IMPAC.
• Discuss assignment changes with your counterparts in other ICs before submitting a 901 form.
• If an application is moving to an IC for review, notify the scientific review officer of the assignment change before the review.
• For processing, send completed electronic 901 forms to the NIAID Referral Liaison at Contact for NIAID Staff. Don't send the form directly to CSR.

In deciding whether to accept an assignment change from another IC, discuss the consequences with your branch chief. If you decide to accept the application, notify your division coordinator. The coordinator will then send the application to the NIAID Referral Liaison at Contact for NIAID Staff.

NIAID Receipt and Referral Staff

• The NIAID Referral Liaison at Contact for NIAID Staff faxes the approved form to the DRR or the other involved IC.

Applicants

• Use the Request for Primary IC Assignment SOP.

Other changes

Division of Extramural Activities Staff

• Use a 901 form to request changes or correct errors in a grant number, activity code, integrated review group or study section, or Council date.
• Send completed 901 forms to the NIAID Referral Liaison at Contact for NIAID Staff. If another IC is involved, Contact for NIAID Staff must fax the 901 to the other IC's referral liaison for approval and signature.
• The other IC's staff will fax the 901 form, approved and signed by both ICs, to CSR for final action.

Withdrawal after application submission

Program Staff

• If an application may be nonresponsive to an initiative, see the Withdrawal of a Nonresponsive Application SOP.
• If an applicant decides to withdraw an application, see the Investigator Withdrawal of an Application SOP.

Contacts

Applicants with questions should contact the appropriate Contact Staff for Help or the CSR scientific review officer on the assignment notice.

If the application will be reviewed at NIAID, contact the NIAID Scientific Review Program or the appropriate program officer. For more information, see Contact Staff for Help.

Contact for NIAID Staff

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Links

901 Form -- do not fill in online, see Using forms and letters.

Selection of Appropriate Funding Mechanisms SOP

Program Assignment in NIAID SOP

Request for Primary IC Assignment SOP