Description of funding agency and study section (1 page, double-spaced)Select a

Description of funding agency and study section (1 page, double-spaced)Select a branch, institute, center, or sub-agency of NIH that best suits your grant proposal topic (see Introduction to Grant Writing).Note: The NIH RePORTER Matchmaker will read an abstract and then list grants that are similar, their funding agencies, program officials, and abstracts.
Select a study section that best suits your grant proposal topic (see Writing Grant Proposals, Part 1).Note: The Center for Scientific Review’s Assisted Referral Tool Links to an external site. works similar to the Matchmaker, except this one will list the most appropriate study sections.
Answer the following questions (1 page):Name the NIH branch, institute, center, or sub-agency.
Name the study section.
Explain why you have chosen this branch and study section.In one paragraph, explain why based on the sub-agency’s funding priorities and the study group’s areas on focus.
Grant Application Form (2 pages)Found in Grant Resources.
Detailed outline of Project Description/Narrative section (2 pages or more)Double-spaced.
Harvard outline format.
Please upload grant application form + outline/NIH-funding information (as one document only) to Canvas.
Combine your PDFs into one PDF. If you do not have Adobe Acrobat, you can use any of the numerous websites that do it for free, such as PDFsam Basic or SmallPDF.
TOTAL DUE: 5 pages or more
step 1: Choose a topic
You will propose a new project very similar to the project described in the lead article from the ROA.
Writing Grant Proposals, Part 1 provides more detail and advice on this.
The main difference will be the one improvement based upon your analysis of the project’s limitations.
We suggest choosing the simplest improvement to make your life easier!
step 2: Choose a granting agency and a study section
You will choose one of the 24 branches of NIH, because NIH supports Public Health research, and we will all follow the same format for writing the Grant. For information on the structure and branches of NIH watch/read Writing Grant Proposals, Introduction. The NIH RePORTER Matchmaker will read an abstract and then list grants that are similar, their funding agencies, program officials, and abstracts.
You will be applying for either a R01Links to an external site. or R03Links to an external site. grant, depending on how much money you are asking for.
You will then choose a study section. Writing Grant Proposals, Part 1 provides more details on both of these topics.The NIH Center for Scientific Review’s Assisted Referral ToolLinks to an external site. works similar to the Matchmaker, except this one will list the most appropriate study sections.
You will explain your choices in your submission to the Grant Preliminaries.
step 3: Outline the Project Description
Step 4: Fill out the Grant Application For