
This policy impacts eligibility to submit a modular budget. may be requested and awarded, applicants should not consider these costs when determining if a budget exceeds a direct cost Costs that can be identified specifically with a particular sponsored project, an instructional activity, or any other institutional activity, or that can be directly assigned to such activities relatively easily with a high degree of accuracy. F&A (indirect) cost pools must be distributed to benefitted cost objectives on bases that will produce an equitable result in consideration of relative benefits derived. To facilitate equitable distribution of indirect expenses to the cost objectives served, it may be necessary to establish a number of pools of F&A (indirect) costs. While consortium F&A costs Necessary costs incurred by a recipient for a common or joint purpose benefitting more than one cost objective, and not readily assignable to the cost objectives specifically benefitted, without effort disproportionate to the results achieved. F&A (indirect) cost pools must be distributed to benefitted cost objectives on bases that will produce an equitable result in consideration of relative benefits derived., regardless of budget amount or budget format (e.g., modular and non-modular). This policy extends to all solicited and investigator-initiated applications and to all active announcements (Request for Applications and Program Announcements), involving consortium/contractual F&A costs Necessary costs incurred by a recipient for a common or joint purpose benefitting more than one cost objective, and not readily assignable to the cost objectives specifically benefitted, without effort disproportionate to the results achieved. limit, NIH policy excludes consortium/contractual F&A when determining if an applicant is in compliance with the direct cost Costs that can be identified specifically with a particular sponsored project, an instructional activity, or any other institutional activity, or that can be directly assigned to such activities relatively easily with a high degree of accuracy. 2.3.7.1 Applications That Include Consortium/Contractual F&A Costsįor FOAs that include a direct cost Costs that can be identified specifically with a particular sponsored project, an instructional activity, or any other institutional activity, or that can be directly assigned to such activities relatively easily with a high degree of accuracy. Any significant change to the application post-submission must be reported immediately to the appropriate NIH official. Specific details on application content are addressed in application instructions and specific FOAs. This section describes NIH policies that affect application preparation and/or submission. and general administrative requirements for grants pertaining to their organizational type in order to prepare the budget and complete other parts of the application. See Cost Considerations-The Cost Principles for additional details. Applicants should consult the cost principles The government-wide principles, issued by OMB (or, in the case of commercial organizations, the Federal Acquisition Regulation, or, in the case of hospitals, 45 CFR 75, Appendix IX, "Principles For Determining Costs Applicable to Research and Development Under Grants and Contracts with Hospitals"), on allowability and unallowability of costs under federally sponsored agreements. Policies affecting applications, policy, direct cost limit, direct cost limitation, consortium/contractual F&A costs, $500000, resubmission of unfunded RFA Applications, new investigators and early stage investigators, ESI, PD/PI, postsubmission grant application materials, requirements, DUNS, SAM, graduate student compensation, NIH genomic data sharing, non-traditional application materials 2.3.7 Policies Affecting ApplicationsĪpplication information to be submitted typically includes a project description, budget and budget justification, biographical sketches of senior/key personnel, and other information specified in the application instructions, in the announcement, and/or in program guidelines, if any.
