October 1, 2010
Arial, Helvetica, Palatino Linotype, or Georgia typeface, black color, and a size of 11 points or larger should be used. A symbol font may be used to insert Greek letters or special characters, but the font size requirement still applies.
October 1, 2010
File names are limited to 50 characters or less. Please be sure to only use standard characters in file names: A through Z, a through z, 0 through 9, and underscore (_). Do not use any special characters (e.g., &, -, *, %, /, and #) or spacing in the file name. For word separation, … Continue reading “Does the File Name of the Application Have a Maximum Length?”
October 1, 2010
The Project Summary/Abstract is limited to 30 lines of text and must follow the required font and margin specifications.
October 1, 2010
The descriptive title is limited to 81 characters (including the spaces between words and punctuation). Titles in excess of 81 characters will be truncated. Be sure to only use standard characters [A through Z, a through z, 0 through 9, and underscore (_)].
October 1, 2010
The OER Protecting Human Research Participants online tutorial is now available in a Spanish language version: Protección de los participantes humanos de la investigación. Institutions may elect to use these free tutorials to fulfill the requirement for education in the protection of human research participants. For more information on this requirement for NIH-supported human subjects research, … Continue reading “Protecting Human Research Participants Tutorial Now Available in Spanish”
October 1, 2010
Our All About Grants podcast series continues with: Dr. Alan Willard, Chief of the Scientific Review Branch at the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, who discusses what goes on during a study section meeting in “The Ins and Outs of a Study Section Meeting.” And Dr. Sally Amero, NIH Review Policy Officer, who … Continue reading “Podcasts: Study Section Mechanics and Scoring Your Application”
October 1, 2010
Looking for up-to-date information on grants-related topics? The Grants Management Line of Business, a multi-agency initiative sponsored by the Office of Management and Budget, has started a new blog called Grants World. Check out the blog for information on what is being done about improper payments made by the Federal government, a description of recent … Continue reading “Grants World Blog”
October 1, 2010
I am thrilled that as of the last day of September, 2010, NIH has completely obligated all $10.4B we received as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). Thanks to the hard work of the extramural community–the investigators, reviewers, NIH staff, applicant organizations, professional societies and others–we have invested in thousands of biomedical research projects, each with the potential to affect the health of the nation, literally and economically.
October 1, 2010
Changes have come to NIH funding opportunity announcements. A simplified format will make it easier to find the information you need to apply.
October 1, 2010
Are you an eRA Commons user who has used the Publications page of your Personal Profile to store your professional citation information? If you have manually entered any citation information into eRA Commons, you must transfer this information by October 22 to a My NCBI account in order to retain it.
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