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NIAID Extramural Activity Codes

This list is an NIAID-specific excerpt from the NIH list of activity codes.

Activity Codes

F K N P R T U Y

Activity Code Descriptions

Fellowship Programs

F31
Individual Predoctoral National Research Service Award (NRSA) Fellowships for Minority Students and Students with Disabilities -- provide individual fellowships to minority or disabled predoctoral trainees.

F32
National Research Service Awards (NRSA) for Individual Postdoctoral Fellows -- provide individual fellowships to postdoctoral trainees.

F33
National Research Service Awards (NRSA) for Senior Fellows -- provide opportunities for experienced scientists to make major changes in the direction of their research careers, broaden their scientific background, or acquire new research capabilities.

F35
Intramural National Research Service Awards (NRSA) Individual Postdoctoral Program -- support an individual postdoctoral trainee in the NIH intramural program.

Research Career Programs

K01 and K02

August 2004

K01
Research Scientist Development Awards -- Research and Training -- used by NIAID to support clinicians and Ph.D.s exclusively in the fields of epidemiology and outcomes research. For more information see the June 4, 2004, Guide notice.

K02
Independent Scientist Awards -- support more established investigators who are newly independent and demonstrate a need for intensive research focus, in all fields of NIAID's mission. They replace the old K02 and K04 (research career development award). Also supports established clinical scientists and Ph.D.s in the fields of epidemiology and outcomes research as announced in the June 4, 2004, Guide notice. Candidates must have independent, peer-review research support.

K06
Research Career Awards -- enable institutions to fund positions favorable to the intellectual growth and research productivity of high competent, established investigators for the duration of their careers. NIAID is not making new awards.

K08
Mentored Clinical Scientist Development Awards -- support comprehensive research experience leading to independence, replacing the old K08, K11, and K15. Awards are from three to five years and may include didactic studies.

K22
Research Scholar Development Award -- provide start-up support for postdocs making the transition to assistant professors at an academic institution.

K23
Mentored Patient-Oriented Research Career Development Award -- supports young scientists who want to conduct patient-oriented research.

K24
Midcareer Investigator Award in Patient-Oriented Research -- supports mid-career scientists who are already conducting patient-oriented research and would like to spend more time mentoring young clinicians interested in the same kind of research.

K25
Mentored Quantitative Research Career Development Award -- supports junior faculty-level investigators with quantitative scientific and engineering backgrounds outside of biology or medicine who have the potential to integrate their expertise with biomedicine and develop into productive investigators with a period of mentored study and research.

K30
Clinical Research Curriculum Award -- supports the development of new didactic programs in clinical research at institutions that do not currently offer such programs or the expansion of existing programs.

Research and Development-Related Contracts

N01
Research and Development Contracts -- acquire a service or product for use by the scientific community.

Research Program Projects and Centers

P01
Research Program Projects -- provide an institution with support of a multidisciplinary, often long-term research program with an objective or theme involving the organized efforts of groups of investigators. Awarded on behalf of a principal investigator, the grant can support projects and shared resources.

P30
Center Core Grants -- support shared resources and facilities for a multidisciplinary research team or a group of investigators focusing on a common research topic. Funded independently of a center's component or program projects, the core grant provides accessible resources.

P50
Specialized Centers -- support all aspects of R&D from basic to clinical and may involve ancillary support activities such as patient care. They differ from program project grants in that they are usually developed in response to an institute initiative and subsequently receive continuous attention from its staff. Centers also may serve as regional or national resources for special research.

Research Projects

R01
Research Project Grants -- provide support to an institution (domestic or foreign) on behalf of a principal investigator for a project proposed by the investigator. Most NIH research is via the R01. Rarely, such a grant may be awarded directly to an individual.

R03
Small Grants -- provide limited research support usually for preliminary, short-term projects. They are nonrenewable.

R09
Scientific Evaluation -- provides the chairman of an initial review group funds for operation of an IRG.

R13
Conference Grants -- provide funding for conferences to exchange and disseminate information related to program interests. Generally, such awards are modest and limited to participation with other organizations. Among the costs eligible for support are salaries, equipment rental, travel, consultant services, and supplies. Prospective applicants should inquire in advance about an Institute's interest.

R15
Academic Research Enhancement Awards -- support scientists at eligible institutions for small-scale, new, or expanded, health-related research projects such as pilot projects and feasibility studies; development, testing, and refinement of research techniques; secondary analysis of available data sets; and similar work showing research capability. This award is for smaller four year public and private colleges and universities that provide undergraduate training for a significant number of research scientists but have had a limited share of NIH funds.

R18
Research Demonstration and Dissemination Projects -- provide support to develop, test, and evaluate health services and foster the application of knowledge to control disease.

R21
Exploratory/Developmental Grants Phase I -- encourage new research in a given program area. Support generally is restricted for level and time. Applications are accepted only in response to RFAs and PAs that specify the R21 mechanism.

R24
Resource-Related Research Projects -- support research projects to enhance the capacity of resources that serve biomedical research.

R25
Education Projects -- support to develop or implement a program in education, information, training, technical assistance, coordination, or evaluation.

R33
Exploratory/Developmental Grants phase II -- provide a second phase of support for innovative, exploratory, and developmental research begun as an R21 award. Only R21 awardees are eligible to apply for R33 support. Applications are accepted only in response to RFAs and PAs that specify the R33 mechanism.

R34
Clinical Trial Planning Grant -- supports initial development of a clinical trial, e.g., establishing a research team, developing tools for managing data and overseeing the research, and developing a trial design, protocol, recruitment strategies, and procedure manuals.

R37
Method to Extend Research in Time (MERIT) Awards -- provide long-term support to a limited number of investigators who are likely to continue to perform in an outstanding manner. The initial 5-year award may be followed by a 3- to 5-year extension. Awardees are selected by NIH staff and advisors.

R41 and R42
Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Grants -- emanate from a congressionally mandated program to support cooperative R&D projects between small businesses and research institutions. Like SBIR, STTR grants are structured in two phases: phase I grants (R41) to show feasibility and phase II grants (R42) to develop a product or service.

R43 and R44
Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Grants -- emanate from a congressionally mandated program to support cooperative R&D projects between small businesses and research institutions. Phase I grants (R43) support projects to establish the technical merit and feasibility of R&D ideas that may lead to commercial products or services. Phase II grants (R44) support in-depth development of those ideas.

R56

September 2004

R56
High Priority, Short Term Project Award (Bridge Award) -- provides interim, nonrenewable research support for up to one year to highly meritorious R01 applications with percentiles beyond the payline. An R56 enables an applicant to gather additional data to revise a new or renewal application; it ends when the applicant obtains a competing award.

Training Programs

TU2
Institutional National Research Service Award With Involvement of NIH Intramural Faculty (OD) -- the cooperative agreement counterpart to the T32, enables institutions to provide research training experiences for graduate students and postdoctoral scientists in specified shortage areas. In addition, these awards involve NIH intramural staff who serve as a part of the training faculty and participate in the operation of the training program.

T32
Institutional National Research Service Awards (NRSA) -- fund academic institutions for training predoctoral and postdoctoral candidates.

T35
NRSA Short-Term Research Training Awards -- provide research training during off-quarters or summer periods.

Cooperative Agreements

U01
Research Projects Cooperative Agreements -- set up an assistance relationship between NIH and the award recipient for projects similar to grants in which NIH acts as a partner in the research effort.

U13
Conference Cooperative Agreements -- support international, national, or regional meetings, conferences, and workshops involving substantial programmatic involvement by NIAID staff.

U19
Research Programs Cooperative Agreements -- support multiple projects directed toward a theme or program goal requiring a multidisciplinary and often long-term approach.

U24
Resource-Related Research Projects Cooperative Agreements -- support cofunded research projects to improve the capacity of resources that serve biomedical research.

U42
Animal (Mammalian and Nonmammalian) Model and Animal and Biomedical Materials Resource Cooperative Agreements (NCRR) -- develop and support a mammalian or nonmammalian model, animal, or biological materials resource for investigators without regard to scientific discipline or NIH program. Nonmammalian resources include nonmammalian vertebrates, invertebrates, cell systems, and nonbiological systems.

U43
Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Cooperative Agreements Phase I -- support cofunded cooperative R&D projects between small businesses and research institutions. Phase I grants support projects to establish the technical merit and feasibility of R&D ideas that may lead to commercial products or services.

U44 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Cooperative Agreements Phase II -- support cofunded cooperative R&D projects between small businesses and research institutions. Phase II grants support in-depth development of those ideas.

U54
Specialized Centers Cooperative Agreements -- support research and development from basic to clinical, including ancillary supportive activities that create a multidisciplinary focus on a disease or a biomedical problem. Centers may also serve as regional or national resources for special research purposes.

U56
Exploratory Grants Cooperative Agreements -- support planning for new programs, expansion or modification of existing resources, and feasibility studies for interdisciplinary programs that may lead to specialized or comprehensive centers.

UC1
NIH Challenge Grants and Partnerships Program Phase II, Cooperative Agreements (NIAID) -- promotes joint ventures between NIH and both domestic and global entities to facilitate rapid biomedical or biotechnology R&D for infectious diseases to benefit public health; projects should have a commercial potential that could not have been attained without matching funds.

UC6
Construction Cooperative Agreement -- provides financial support, substantial programmatic involvement, and technical assistance for designing, constructing, and commissioning of laboratories to be used as extramural facilities for bio-defense and emerging infectious diseases research.

Interagency or Intra-agency Agreements

Y01
NIH Interagency Agreements -- transfer funds from NIH to a federal organization outside the Departmen
t of Health and Human Services to acquire specific products, services, or studies.

Y02 NIH Intra-agency Agreements -- transfer funds to another NIH component or another organization within Department of Health and Human Services to acquire products, services, or studies.

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