approval-chart

Flow Chart For Approval of Intramural Professional Designation, Clinical Credentials, and Salary
OIR: 11/24/03

Intramural
Professional
Designation Appointment
Mechanism For Intramural Professional
Designation For Clinical Credentials For Salary Level *

Send to Review Body Approval by Send to Review Body Approval by Send to Review Body Approval by

Senior Investigator (Tenure)

Title 5 GS-

OIR

CTC

DDIR

OCS/ CC

MEC

ADCR

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

Title 5 GS-
w/Title 38

OIR

CTC

DDIR

OCS/ CC

MEC

ADCR

OMEC/ CC

Title 38/42 PB

ADCR, DDIR, or Director, NIH

Title 42

OIR

CTC

DDIR

OCS/ CC

MEC

ADCR

See T42 Pay Model*

DDIR or Director, NIH

Comm. Corps

OIR

CTC

DDIR

OCS/ CC

MEC

ADCR

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

SBRS

SPT/ OHR

SBRS
PB

DDIR

OCS/ CC

MEC

ADCR

SPT/ OHR

SBRS PB

Director, NIH **

Investigator (Tenure-Track) #

Title 42

OIR

DDIR

OCS/ CC

MEC

ADCR

See T42 Pay Model*

MEC if clinical

DDIR or Director, NIH

Senior Scientist (category 1)

Title 42 (g)

OIR

SSCRC

DDIR

n.a.

See T42 Pay Model*

DDIR or Director, NIH

Title 5 GS

OIR

SSCRC

DDIR

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

Comm. Corps

OIR

SSCRC

DDIR

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

Senior Scientist (category 2)

Title 42 (g)

OIR

SSCRC

DDIR

n.a.

See T42 Pay Model*

DDIR or Director, NIH

Senior Clinician (category 1)

Title 42 (g)

OIR

SSCRC

DDIR

OCS/CC

MEC

ADCR

See T42 Pay Model*

DDIR or Director, NIH

Title 5 GS w/Title 38

OIR

SSCRC

DDIR

OCS/CC

MEC

ADCR

OMEC/CC

Title 38/42 PB

ADCR, DDIR, or Director, NIH

Comm. Corps

OIR

SSCRC

DDIR

OCS/CC

MEC

ADCR

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

Senior Clinician (category 2)

Title 42 (g)

OIR

SSCRC

DDIR

OCS/CC

MEC

ADCR

See T42 Pay Model*

DDIR or Director, NIH

Staff Scientist #,+

Title 42 (g)

^
SD: with exceptions to DDIR

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

See T42 Pay Model*

DDIR or Director, NIH

Staff Scientist (Clinical) #, +

Title 42 (g)

SD: with exceptions to DDIR

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

See T42 Pay Model*

DDIR or Director, NIH

Staff Clinician #

Title 42 (g)

SD: with exceptions to DDIR

OCS/ CC

MEC

ADCR

See T42 Pay Model*

DDIR or Director, NIH

Title 5 GS- w/Title 38

SD: with exceptions to DDIR

OCS/ CC

MEC

ADCR, then DDIR

OMEC/ CC

Title 38/42 PB

ADCR, DDIR, or Director, NIH

NOTES:

DDIR:

Deputy Director For Intramural Research

ADCR:

Associate Director For Clinical Research

OIR:

Office of Intramural Research

Building 1, Room 140

496-3561

OCS/CC:

Office of Credentialing Services/ Clinical Center

Building 10, Room 1N204

496-5937

SPT/OHR:

Special Programs Team/Office of Human Resources

Building 31, Room 4B62

402-1528

CTC:

Central Tenure Committee

MEC:

Medical Executive Committee

SBRS PB:

Senior Biomedical Research Service Policy Board

SSCRC
Senior Scientist/Senior Clinician Review Committee

Title 38 PB:

Title 38 Policy Board (The MEC may be requested to provide salary advice to the Title 38 PB)

*

Salary level set according to Title 42 Policy Model <http://hr.od.nih.gov/hrinfo/Title42/T42paymodel07-31-03.pdf>

**

The Director, NIH approves all appointments/salaries in SBRS; salary levels above EX-II also require the approval of the Secretary, HHS.

^

For OIR cases, the DDIR may request review by an advisory Panel, for actions involving epidemiology/biometry, clinical research, or computer science, as appropriate.

#

Investigators (Tenure-track), Staff Scientists, and Staff Clinicians may also be appointed in the Commissioned Corps with approval by the DDIR.

+

Title 5 may be approved via special exception by the DDIR. Normally a full Search Committee process will be required.

n.a.:

not applicable

(V.P.)

Use of this parenthetical item following an Intramural Professional Designation denotes that the individual is appointed in the NIH Visiting Program, owing to the fact that U.S. Citizenship or Permanent Resident Status has not yet been acquired.

Updated October 27, 2006

DDIR:	Deputy Director For Intramural Research
ADCR:	Associate Director For Clinical Research
OIR:	Office of Intramural Research	Building 1, Room 140	496-3561
OCS/CC:	Office of Credentialing Services/ Clinical Center	Building 10, Room 1N204	496-5937
SPT/OHR:	Special Programs Team/Office of Human Resources	Building 31, Room 4B62	402-1528
CTC:	Central Tenure Committee
MEC:	Medical Executive Committee
SBRS PB:	Senior Biomedical Research Service Policy Board
SSCRC	Senior Scientist/Senior Clinician Review Committee
Title 38 PB:	Title 38 Policy Board (The MEC may be requested to provide salary advice to the Title 38 PB)
*	Salary level set according to Title 42 Policy Model <http://hr.od.nih.gov/hrinfo/Title42/T42paymodel07-31-03.pdf>
**	The Director, NIH approves all appointments/salaries in SBRS; salary levels above EX-II also require the approval of the Secretary, HHS.
^	For OIR cases, the DDIR may request review by an advisory Panel, for actions involving epidemiology/biometry, clinical research, or computer science, as appropriate.
#	Investigators (Tenure-track), Staff Scientists, and Staff Clinicians may also be appointed in the Commissioned Corps with approval by the DDIR.
+	Title 5 may be approved via special exception by the DDIR. Normally a full Search Committee process will be required.
n.a.:	not applicable
(V.P.)	Use of this parenthetical item following an Intramural Professional Designation denotes that the individual is appointed in the NIH Visiting Program, owing to the fact that U.S. Citizenship or Permanent Resident Status has not yet been acquired.