Tips and Advice for NIH Grant Proposal Submissions

Many words and phrases are commonly confused with each other when writing in English. (The same problem might exist in other languages as well, but unfortunately I am not fluent enough to pic...

https://nihgrants.blogspot.com/2023/09/theyre-or-their-avoiding-common-grammar.html

The PHS Assignment Request Form is an optional form that can be submitted with your proposal. It is not a separate attachment, but rather an embedded form in the application package. The for...

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 An Other Significant Contributor (OSC ) is someone who will contribute to the scientific development or execution of an NIH-funded project without committing any measurable effort (person mon...

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If you are writing your first NIH R01 proposal for the upcoming deadline, chances are that a well-meaning senior faculty member has given you a copy of one of their funded grants to use as a mode...

https://nihgrants.blogspot.com/2023/09/addressing-rigor-and-reproducibility-in.html

Consistently, one of the most popular posts on this blog is this post from 2011 when the new Personal Statement was added to Section A. of the NIH biographical sketch (biosketch). When writing ...

https://nihgrants.blogspot.com/2023/09/grant-p-writers-thoughts-on-nih.html

If you have submitted an NIH research grant proposal in 2023, you have likely had to comply with the new Data Management and Sharing (DMS) policy requirements. Essentially, NIH issued the DMS po...

https://nihgrants.blogspot.com/2023/08/update-coming-to-data-management-and.html

Happy 4th of July ! Today we celebrate Independence Day in the United States with cookouts, parties, fireworks, and a whole lot of red, white and blue. I hope the weather is beautiful for eve...

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If you are an Early Stage Investigator seeking advice for your first NIH R01 application submission, you have likely received conflicting advice from multiple sources. Although usually well-...

https://nihgrants.blogspot.com/2023/06/advice-from-nature-for-early-career.html

Today, NIH released Notice number NOT-OD-23-149 , "The Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence Technologies is Prohibited for the NIH Peer Review Process". The Notice is linked to NOT-OD-22...

https://nihgrants.blogspot.com/2023/06/should-critiques-from-humans-be.html

Collaboration and team science are encouraged in the current world of scientific research. Most biomedical advances are made not by an individual researcher working in a silo, but by a multidisc...

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If you’re new to NIH grants, you may be struggling to understand the grant-speak and acronym alphabet soup that are often used by faculty members and research administrators. Given the many, co...

https://nihgrants.blogspot.com/2023/06/what-is-nih-parent-announcement-what-is.html

If you are hoping to submit your NIH grant proposal late, I may have some bad news for you. Unless your reason for the late grant submission falls into a very small number of approved exceptions,...

https://nihgrants.blogspot.com/2023/06/will-nih-accept-my-late-grant.html

NIH has clear guidelines for formatting grant application attachments , including font and margin size, spacing, and font type. These rules are designed to provide a level playing field to en...

https://nihgrants.blogspot.com/2023/06/why-font-margin-and-spacing-tricks-are.html

The Specific Aims section is a key piece of almost all NIH proposal mechanisms.  Unfortunately, it is also a section that often causes stress and confuses researchers who are new to the grant pr...

https://nihgrants.blogspot.com/2018/07/how-to-write-specific-aims-page.html

As you work toward your next NIH grant application deadline, like many others you are probably painstakingly working to construct a Specific Aims page that will convey the importance of your wor...

https://nihgrants.blogspot.com/2023/06/should-i-include-images-on-my-specific.html

In January of 2023, the Final NIH Policy for Data Management and Sharing was released after several years of development. The goal of this policy is "to promote the management and sharing of sc...

https://nihgrants.blogspot.com/2023/06/how-do-i-address-new-nih-data.html

With major NIH deadlines fast approaching, here is your reminder that the biosketch form you used for your last proposal might have expired. A new NIH biographical sketch form has been released....

https://nihgrants.blogspot.com/2018/10/make-sure-your-biosketch-form-is-not.html

 Are you looking for example R01 applications as you prepare your first R01 proposal for the upcoming NIH deadline?  There are several sample R01s and summary statements located here on the ...

https://nihgrants.blogspot.com/2021/01/sample-r01-grant-applications.html

So much of our daily lives include links, looking up information, and hopping between websites.  Clicking on active links in documents makes things seamless and fast.  Like other aspects of gra...

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It can be disheartening to wait months for your NIH grant proposal to be reviewed, only to find out that it has been designated as Not Discussed. This designation has also historically been refer...

https://nihgrants.blogspot.com/2022/07/my-grant-application-was-not-discussed.html

Role confusion comes up often when planning NIH grant proposals.  There are several terms that are sometimes used interchangeably which actually represent different things.  Also, NIH terms dif...

https://nihgrants.blogspot.com/2020/05/role-confusion-how-to-tell-difference.html

Recently, NIH announced that 106 grants were funded for innovative, potentially groundbreaking research projects. These grants were funded through the NIH Common Fund 's program on High-Risk, H...

https://nihgrants.blogspot.com/2021/10/nih-recently-funded-106-new-awards-for.html

 Today, Francis Collins announced that he will be stepping down from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) by the end of this year. Dr. Collins led NIH for the past 12 years, and although he...

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Happy 2021!  We made it out of 2020! Hopefully the COVID-19 pandemic will soon be behind us. Although the year has not been off to the best start, the beginning of the year is a great time to se...

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Today, the NIH posted an updated document with revised guidance on current operations and procedures for current grantees and grant applicants.  Here is a link to a helpful presentation file . ...

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