What is a fundable score?
Sarah Oconnor
Updated on March 03, 2026
Category 4: FUNDABLE (i.e. more than 2% better than the payline) You can be very hopeful about such a score. There are rare cases where grants with great scores aren’t funded because they don’t meet the program’s interests or needs, but those are relatively rare.
What is a good score on an R01?
For Early Stage Investigators and New Investigators seeking their first R01 research grant, applications with scores of 30 or better will be considered for funding. For career transition awards and fellowships, applications with Impacts scores of 25 or better will be considered for funding.
How long after advisory council do you hear about NIH funding?
If there are no major hurdles or delays, your grant should be funded within six to eight weeks of GMP’s receiving the funding amount notification from the budget office. Time to award could take longer for a variety of reasons e.g., the study section had human or animal concerns or you have a complex type of grant.
What Payline means?
A pay table is the name for the list of payouts on a slot machine or video poker machine. A payline is a line (straight or zig-zagged) that crosses one symbol on each reel of a slot machine, or the combination of symbols on the slot machine reels that the player is paid out for if he has made a bet on that combination.
What is the Payline for Niddk?
The NIDDK general payline in FY 2020 for most R01 applications was the 16th percentile for established investigators and the 25th percentile for ESIs. R01 applications requesting $500,000 or more in direct costs are subject to additional programmatic scrutiny and a stricter payline (10th percentile).
What is the payline for NICHD applications?
NICHD will consider scientific merit, program priorities, the NICHD Strategic Plan (PDF 2.3 MB), portfolio balance, and availability of funds in making funding decisions. The FY 2021 payline for R15 applications is Priority Score 33. There is no fixed payline for SBIR (R43, R44) and STTR (R41, R42) applications.
What is the payline for SBIR and STTR applications?
There is no fixed payline for SBIR (R43, R44) and STTR (R41, R42) applications. NICHD will consider scientific merit, program priorities, the NICHD Strategic Plan (PDF 2.3 MB), portfolio balance, and availability of funds in making funding decisions.
What is the payline for r03/r21 and R15 applications?
There is no fixed payline for R03/R21 applications. NICHD will consider scientific merit, program priorities, the NICHD Strategic Plan (PDF 2.3 MB), portfolio balance, and availability of funds in making funding decisions. The FY 2021 payline for R15 applications is Priority Score 33.
What is the payline for competing K applications in 2021?
The FY 2021 payline for competing K applications is Priority Score 23 with a differential payline for K99 applications of Priority Score 30. There is no fixed payline for R13/U13 applications.