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NIBIB FY 2005 Funding Strategy

For FY05, the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) received an appropriation of $298,209,000 to support research and training programs. Our goal is to fund the largest number of meritorious projects possible while maintaining the flexibility needed to support selected program priorities and to respond to emerging scientific opportunities. Priorities of the Institute include the funding of:

• Noncompetitive grant renewals in accordance to NIH guidance

• High-quality unsolicited and targeted R01 and R21 applications

• R01 applications from investigators who are new to the NIBIB and to the NIH

• Interdisciplinary training designed to improve the academic and research competitiveness of individuals at the undergraduate, graduate, postdoctoral, and early faculty levels; and Bioengineering Research Partnership (BRP) grant applications.  

To maximize our support of meritorious applications, NIBIB has instituted a policy of reductions to individual grants. For FY05, the reductions and the pay lines for different grant mechanisms are indicated on the attached table. The information in this table represents a projected pay line and is subject to revision. No conclusions about the funding of any particular grant should be based on this table. If you have questions about your particular grant contact your Program Director. R01 applications from new investigators are supported to a higher percentile ranking as indicated on row two of the table.

+ For new investigators the percentile will be 5% higher or 23%

# BRP and P01 applications will be considered on a case by case basis.

* P41 applications will be considered by Council on a case by case basis.

** Training awards will have separate paylines based on the training budget (current estimate is a payline of 145).

*** Payline will be adjusted to meet the set aside. Current estimate is a payline between 170 and 180.

BRP and P41 grants funded for 5 years if requested. Other R01 awards limited to 4 years.

Select Pay

• Select Pay lists will be developed at the May Council.
• No funding of Select Pay grants until after the May Council.

Grant Recycling

• Recycle R01s excluding the BRP awards with project periods that exceed 3 years
  • Type 1: Recycle for two months
  • Type 2: Recycle for one month
  • Type 5: Awards with start dates of April 1, July 1, or Sept. 1 should be recycled for two months if acceptable to the Grantee.