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“Can I place hyperlinks in my application’s Research Strategy section to provide context?”
Funding News Edition: September 4, 2024
“Will NIH share my grant application’s abstract publicly?”
Funding News Edition: March 13, 2025
Yes, but only if your application is selected for an award.
“Who writes the summary statement following my application’s peer review?”
Funding News Edition: June 21, 2023
“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.
“Should I summarize my research project in the application’s cover letter?”
Funding News Edition: July 19, 2023
“Can I avoid the budget cap for renewal applications by submitting a new application instead?”
Funding News Edition: May 3, 2023
“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.
“My withdrawn resubmission application is still listed in the eRA Commons. Can I submit an updated version of the same application?”
Funding News Edition: May 17, 2023
“I applied for a research grant using the FORMS-G application form set. I am now preparing a resubmission application. Which form set should I use?”
Funding News Edition: March 16, 2023
“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
“The next standard due date for AIDS and AIDS-related applications is September 7, 2023. When is my AIDS-related R01 resubmission application due?”
Funding News Edition: August 16, 2023
Successful Sample Applications Demonstrate Good Grantsmanship
Funding News Edition: June 7, 2023
To observe how other applicants approach grantsmanship, examine the text sections of the successful example applications—particularly the Specific Aims and Research Plans.
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.
Don’t Derail Your Application: Avoid These Electronic Submission Errors
Funding News Edition: January 15, 2025
Submitting your application well in advance of its receipt date will allow you ample time to validate the upload and correct any content-related upload errors.
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.
Provide Feedback to Improve Fellowship Application Review Criteria
Funding News Edition: June 7, 2023
NIH tasks peer reviewers with identifying the most promising trainees as well as excellent, individualized training programs that will help them become outstanding scientists.
Highlight Preliminary Data in Your Next Application
Funding News Edition: April 5, 2023
Focus on what reviewers would like to see in your application: enough information to convince them that your proposed project can be accomplished and is likely to have a high impact.
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.
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