Can you spot your grant in the photo at the right? This is the loading dock at NIH on an average grant deadline. In fiscal year 2000, NIH received 47,000 grant applications. The resources below will help make yours the one that stands out!

Grant Forms and Instructions

NIH: National Institutes of Health

SF424 (R&R) - for NIH

• Application and Electronic Submission Information

• PHS 2590 non-competing NIH application instructions and forms (annual)

NSF: National Science Foundation

• Fastlane Instructions
• SF 424 for NSF

 

Grant Writing Tips

• The Art of Writing Grants
• A short guide to the preparation of NIH grant applications (NCI)
• NSF Guide for proposal writing
• Abstract Killers
• All about grant tutorial from NIAID
• Sample Grant from NIH (PDF)

• Please note that the application is copyrighted. It may be used for non-profit educational purposes provided the document remains unchanged and both Dr. Smeltzer and NIAID are credited.

Peer Review at NIH

• A Video on NIH Peer Review
• CRISP (Computer Retrieval of Information on NIH Scientific Projects): This is a searchable data base on what NIH is funding and has funded.
• Peer Review process at NIH
• NIH Funding Opportunities, Peer Review and Grant Writing, a taped presentation by Dr. Anthony Coelho, Review Policy Officer of the NIH.

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