NIH paylines are the funding cutoff points for grant publications. Some institutes (e.g. NIAID) use both percentiles and overall impact score order (OIS) . The chart below illustrates the published paylines for the NIH institutes most awarded to UTMB investigators:
NIAID |
R01 (new PI) |
16% |
|
R01 (non-new PI) |
12% |
|
R03 |
28 OIS |
|
R21 |
28 OIS |
NCI |
R01 (new PI)
|
14% |
|
R01 (non-new PI) |
8% |
|
R03 |
25 OIS |
|
R21 |
7% |
NHLBI |
R01 (new PI) |
26% |
|
R01 (non-new PI) |
16% |
|
R03/R21 |
N/A |
NIA* |
R01 (new PI/ESI) |
23/25% |
|
R01 (non-new PI) |
16% |
|
R03/R21 |
25% |
NIGMS |
No payline published per funding policies |
NIDDK+ |
R01 (new PI) |
18% |
|
R01 (non-new PI) |
13% |
NIEHS |
No payline published per funding strategies |
NIDA |
No payline published per funding strategy |
NICHD |
No payline published per funding strategies |
* These paylines change based on grants => $500k
+ 2019 Paylines, not yet updated for 2020