2026 CRA - NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (NIH)
EXAM WITH ALL CORRECT & 100% VERIFIED ANSWERS|
ACTUAL COMPLETE EXAM
PHS ✔Correct Answer-Public Health Service
How many ICs (Institutes and Centers) does NIH consist of? ✔Correct Answer-27 (Only 24 make
awards)
PA- versus PAR- FOA prefixes ✔Correct Answer-PA: Program Announcement, both solicited and
unsolicited (parent announcements)
PAR: Program Announcement, reviewed by specific IC(s), not Center for Scientific Review (CSR)
What is an NIH Type 7 proposal used for? ✔Correct Answer-Change of Recipient Institution
(Transfer)
What type of NIH awards are "K awards?" ✔Correct Answer-Research Career Grants
What do "NOFO" and "FOA" stand for? ✔Correct Answer-NOFO - Notice of Funding Opportunity
FOA - Funding Opportunity Announcement
What does "NOSI" stand for? ✔Correct Answer-NOSI - Notice of Special Interest
What does "ASSIST" stand for, and what is it used for at NIH? ✔Correct Answer-ASSIST -
Application Submission System & Interface for Submission Tracking: Used to prepare/submit grant
applications electronically. It is directly integrated with eRA Commons.
How many cycles of standard deadlines occur per year for applicable NIH applications? ✔Correct
Answer-3 Cycles
When an NIH deadline falls on a weekend or holiday, when is the actual deadline pushed to?
✔Correct Answer-The next business day
What is required for NIH applications that request $500,000+ in direct costs in any project year?
✔Correct Answer-Prior approval from NIH
What does NIH define as "a research study in which one or more human subjects are prospectively
assigned to one or more interventions to evaluate the efforts of those interventions on health-
related biomedical or behavioral outcomes?" ✔Correct Answer-A Clinical Trial
What does the "FDAAA" stand for? ✔Correct Answer-Food and Drug Administration Amendments
Act of 2007
What website does NIH require all clinical trails funded in whole or in part to be registered in?
✔Correct Answer-ClinicalTrials.gov
True or False: All NIH ICs participate on all parent announcements ✔Correct Answer-False
EXAM WITH ALL CORRECT & 100% VERIFIED ANSWERS|
ACTUAL COMPLETE EXAM
PHS ✔Correct Answer-Public Health Service
How many ICs (Institutes and Centers) does NIH consist of? ✔Correct Answer-27 (Only 24 make
awards)
PA- versus PAR- FOA prefixes ✔Correct Answer-PA: Program Announcement, both solicited and
unsolicited (parent announcements)
PAR: Program Announcement, reviewed by specific IC(s), not Center for Scientific Review (CSR)
What is an NIH Type 7 proposal used for? ✔Correct Answer-Change of Recipient Institution
(Transfer)
What type of NIH awards are "K awards?" ✔Correct Answer-Research Career Grants
What do "NOFO" and "FOA" stand for? ✔Correct Answer-NOFO - Notice of Funding Opportunity
FOA - Funding Opportunity Announcement
What does "NOSI" stand for? ✔Correct Answer-NOSI - Notice of Special Interest
What does "ASSIST" stand for, and what is it used for at NIH? ✔Correct Answer-ASSIST -
Application Submission System & Interface for Submission Tracking: Used to prepare/submit grant
applications electronically. It is directly integrated with eRA Commons.
How many cycles of standard deadlines occur per year for applicable NIH applications? ✔Correct
Answer-3 Cycles
When an NIH deadline falls on a weekend or holiday, when is the actual deadline pushed to?
✔Correct Answer-The next business day
What is required for NIH applications that request $500,000+ in direct costs in any project year?
✔Correct Answer-Prior approval from NIH
What does NIH define as "a research study in which one or more human subjects are prospectively
assigned to one or more interventions to evaluate the efforts of those interventions on health-
related biomedical or behavioral outcomes?" ✔Correct Answer-A Clinical Trial
What does the "FDAAA" stand for? ✔Correct Answer-Food and Drug Administration Amendments
Act of 2007
What website does NIH require all clinical trails funded in whole or in part to be registered in?
✔Correct Answer-ClinicalTrials.gov
True or False: All NIH ICs participate on all parent announcements ✔Correct Answer-False
