For a Resubmission, What is the Page Limit for the Intro?

Posted June 29, 2012

Unless the funding opportunity announcement indicates otherwise, the introduction should be 1 page.

SF424 R&R Application Guide http://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/424/SF424_RR_Guide_General_Adobe_VerB.pdf pp. I-23, I-24
Table of Page Limits

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Dana Selley says:

July 2, 2012 at 10:53 pm

Why is the introduction page limit for R01 proposals, which are 12 pages + specific aims the same as for R03 and R21 proposals, which are 6 pages + specific aims. This makes no sense to limit the introduction to 1 page for all three types of applications. In most cases, reviewers will find more points to critique in 13 pages than in 7. When R01’s were 25 pages, we had 3 pages to address the critiques. Proportionally we should have at least 1.5 pages. Why not allow 2 pages for revised R01’s?

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1. Rock Talk Blog Team says:
  
  July 5, 2012 at 8:35 am
  
  Thanks for your question. We did consider different introduction lengths when we changed the application page limits. There was discussion about having ½ page for 6-page applications and 1 page for 12-page applications, but, in the end, a compromise was made to make it 1 page for both.
  
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