NIH Other Transactions
Summary
An NIH grants-and-funding web page explaining Other Transactions and NIH's Other Transactions Authorities (OTAs). It defines an OT as a legal instrument other than a contract, grant, or cooperative agreement that is generally not subject to the FAR or grant regulations, and lists NIH's statutory OT authorities under the Public Health Service Act (sec. 402(n)/42 U.S.C. 282(n) for unique research initiatives, sec. 421(b)(3) for the NHLBI program, and sec. 480(e)(3)(C) for the Cures Acceleration Network). It also covers why NIH uses OTs (flexibility, negotiated IP, nontraditional performers), where Research Opportunity Announcements appear, and how applications are submitted via eRA ASSIST and evaluated. A civilian-agency reference for OT use outside DoD.