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“Can I place hyperlinks in my application’s Research Strategy section to provide context?”
Funding News Edition: September 4, 2024
“Am I more likely to receive a grant if my application’s budget request is thrifty?”
Funding News Edition: November 6, 2024
No. The peer reviewers who score your application don't use the budget to assess scientific merit.
“Does the Big Grants policy check for an application’s average annual direct costs or any single year above the threshold?”
Funding News Edition: December 18, 2024
Any unsolicited application with a budget of $500,000 or more in direct costs in any year requires that you submit documentation with your application stating you have discussed it with an NIH program officer and the institute has agreed to accept it.
“Can I submit the same research project as an R01 application and an R21 application simultaneously?”
Funding News Edition: November 20, 2024
Applicants are not allowed to have duplicative or highly overlapping applications under review at the same time.
“What determines whether separate AIDS due dates apply to an application? For example, would a fellowship application with an AIDS-related project qualify?”
Funding News Edition: September 18, 2024
How to Approach Application Resubmission Strategy
Funding News Edition: March 6, 2024
Try to incorporate new preliminary data, literature citations, letters of reference, and any other relevant updates that came about in the months between submissions.
Sample Grant Applications Serve as Exemplary Guides
Funding News Edition: May 1, 2024
NIAID shares sample applications to provide examples of good grantsmanship and successful approaches to presenting a Research Strategy and Specific Aims.
Application Viewing Window Isn’t a Due Date Loophole
Funding News Edition: May 15, 2024
If you identify a mistake or a missing form while examining your application in the viewing window, then your signing official should reject the application so that you can correct the error and submit a replacement application.
How to Determine Where Your Application Will Be Reviewed
Funding News Edition: December 4, 2024
If you know your application will go to a Center for Scientific Review study section, you can request assignment to the most appropriate one.
Webinar Describes Changes Coming to Fellowship Application and Review
Funding News Edition: December 4, 2024
The newly structured candidate section will ask for four personal statements: 1) a statement of professional and fellowship goals, 2) a statement of fellowship qualifications, 3) a self-assessment, and 4) a statement of scientific perspective.
Guidance for Videos Submitted as NIH Application Materials
Funding News Edition: April 3, 2024
To be accepted within an application, your video must demonstrate devices or experimental data with a temporal element, i.e., a need to show how something functions or occurs over time, or demonstrate movement or change.
NIAID Uses Selective Pay, Bridge Awards to Complement Top-Scoring Applications
Funding News Edition: February 7, 2024
NIAID strives to always fund those applications that score best in peer review, but we also discern which applications outside the payline can help guard against scientific gaps emerging in our research portfolio.
Some Applications Have Deadlines for Actions Before the Due Date
Funding News Edition: April 3, 2024
NIAID staff can identify issues that may cause your application to be withdrawn, not fare well in peer review, or have lowered potential for an award. The earlier you contact us, the earlier we can provide advice that you can use to improve your application.
Take Some Hints from Our New R01, K08 Sample Applications
Funding News Edition: November 6, 2024
NIAID recently posted two R01 sample applications and one K08 sample application to serve as examples of outstanding grantsmanship and demonstrate a successful approach to presenting a research plan.
Know What Application and Progress Report Information NIH May Share
Funding News Edition: February 7, 2024
Any recipient of federal support and the information they submit to the government is subject to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).
Call for Applications for the Lasker Clinical Research Scholars Program
Funding News Edition: June 20, 2024
The Lasker Scholars program supports candidates in two phases: an initial phase within the NIH Intramural Research Program and a subsequent phase with extramural grant funding.
“How long do I have to prepare and send a resubmission application?”
Funding News Edition: March 20, 2024
Examining NIAID’s R01 and R21 Application and Award Counts for FY 2023
Funding News Edition: March 6, 2024
We share the number of R01-equivalent and R21 applications that NIAID received in the previous fiscal year as well as the number of grants NIAID awarded. To add context, we present the data alongside the same figures for the preceding 4 years.
“I received an R56-Bridge award. What type should my next R01 application be?”
Funding News Edition: September 18, 2024
“When will I know the study section to which my application was assigned?”
Funding News Edition: February 7, 2024
Tabulating NIAID’s R01 and R21 Application and Award Counts for FY 2024
Funding News Edition: December 18, 2024
Each year, we share the number of R01-equivalent and R21 applications that NIAID received in the previous fiscal year as well as the number of grants NIAID awarded.
“If I include an illustration in my application, does it count against my page limit?”
Funding News Edition: December 18, 2024
Yes, an image included in your grant application’s Research Strategy would count against the page limit.
R01 Renewal Applications: Calculate Your Budget Cap
Funding News Edition: July 17, 2024
NIAID caps R01 research project grant renewals at 20 percent above the direct costs of the last competing award period, less the costs of certain items like subawards’ facilities and adminsitrative costs.
“The funding opportunity through which I'd like to apply has its next due date on a Saturday. When is my application actually due?”
Funding News Edition: March 20, 2024
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