Submission of final proposal to NIH
Once eligibility of the proposal has been confirmed by the ROI and NI funding agencies and the draft proposal approved, the NI PIs are permitted to submit the tri-partite proposal to the NIH via their US collaborator.
Each of the RoI and NI funding agencies will write a Letter of Support outlining their level of budget commitment subject to NIH approval of the tri-jurisdictional proposal. These Letters of Support are sent to the partner agencies and to the applicant and must be included in the final NIH submission.
In the case of health-related nanotechnology or sensors proposals, DEL/Invest NI will issue a Letter of Support to the Northern Ireland PI whose responsibility it is to provide this to the US coordinator for inclusion in the final proposal submission to the NIH.
For all other health-related proposals, HSC R&D will issue a Letter of Support to the Northern Ireland PI whose responsibility it is to provide this to the US coordinating PI for inclusion in the final proposal submission to the NIH. SFI/HRB will issue a letter to the RoI PI, who is also responsible for ensuring its inclusion in the final proposal submission to the NIH.
The US partner will be responsible for submitting the final proposal including the Letters of Support to the NIH via their institution.
A copy of the final NIH submitted proposal along with NIH FastLane submission code must be sent to the relevant funding agencies by the research offices in the submitting US institution.
