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These two sections that, if funded, are made available on RePORTER to help the public understand the value of NIH-funded research. 

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Example Abstracts.pdf
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Example Narratives.pdf
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Narrative Instructions.pdf
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Project Summary Instructions.pdf
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When Writing an NIH Grant Application.pdf

Start thinking about your planned experiments by first drafting objectives, known in NIH lingo as Specific Aims. Here are two resources below:

 

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Instructions for Specific Aims.pdf
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Specific Aim Examples.pdf
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Specific Aims.pdf
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Biosketch Blank Fellowship Format.pdf
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NIH Biosketch Blank Format (through 2026).pdf
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Non-Fellowship Biosketch Sample 2021.pdf
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Postdoctoral Fellowship Biosketc Sample 2021.pdf
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Predoctoral Fellowship Biosketch Sample 2021.pdf

Information for developing an NIH budget, including when you should do a modular budget and when you should have a full budget.

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G300 Budget 2017.pdf
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G320 Modular Budget 2017.pdf
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NIH Detailed Budget-Non Modular Justification.pdf
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NIH Modular Budget Justification.pdf
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NIH Modular Sample Justification.pdf

Attachment is required only if the type of application is resubmission or revision or if the FOA specifies that one is needed.

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Instructions for Introduction Section.pdf

A principal investigator planning to use live vertebrate animals for research, research training, or biological testing. Adhere to requirements, prepare a strong application, and manage your grant at the Research Using Vertebrate Animals link.

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Instructions for Vertebrate Animal Section.pdf
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VAS Fact Sheet.pdf
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Worksheet for the Vertebrate Animal Section(VAS).pdf

Projects or activities that require a team science approach. Instructions are available at the Multiple Principal Investigators page.

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Sample Leadership Plans.pdf

NIH expects that key biological and/or chemical resources will be regularly authenticated to ensure their identity and validity for use in the proposed studies

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Authentication Plan Examples.pdf
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Authentication of Key Biological Resources.pdf

A research study in which one or more human subjects are prospectively assigned to one or more interventions (which may include placebo or other control) to evaluate the effects of those interventions on health-related biomedical or behavioral outcomes.

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Instructions for Clinical Trials Forms from NIH.pdf
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Authentication Plan Examples.pdf
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Authentication of Key Biological Resources.pdf

NIH expects researchers to maximize the appropriate sharing of scientific data, taking into account factors such as legal, ethical, or technical issues that may limit the extent of data sharing and preservation.

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DMS Plan Blank Format Page.pdf
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Resource Sharing Plan(s).pdf

Use data tables with Institutional Research Training grant applications and progress reports. 

Learn how to address rigor and reproducibility in your grant application and discover what reviewers are looking for as they evaluate the application for scientific merit. More information at Guidance: Rigor and Reproducibility in Grant Applications page.

Advice about what to consider, rules, timing, and tips for the resubmission as well as examples. More information on Revise and Resubmit an Application page.