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“The trouble with the future is that it usually arrives before we’re ready for it.”

Arnold H. Glasow

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Typical Timeline for Research Project Grant Application (R01)

–Submit in February (June, October)

–Review in June – July (October, February)

–Council in September (January, May)

–Earliest award December (April, July)

Cycle 1---- Cycle 2---- Cycle 3----

Three overlapping cycles per year:

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Jan, May, Sept 10: Institutional Training Grant ApplicationsJan, May, Sept 25: AREA

Feb, June, Oct 1: New Research ApplicationsMar, July, Nov 1: Revised, Competing Continuations, and

Supplemental Applications

April, Aug, Dec 1: SBIR/STTR April, Aug, Dec 5: Individual NRSA Applications

Receipt Dates Vary by Mechanism Mechanism

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Overall Timeframe: Submission to Award

There are three overlapping cycles per year :

JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL

Review Council

Cycle 1Receipt

Referral Award

Review Council

Cycle 3ReceiptReferral Award

Review CouncilCycle 2

ReceiptAwardReferral

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There is no grantsmanship that will turn a bad idea into a good one, but…

There are many ways to disguise a good one.

William Raub, Past Deputy Director, NIH

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When Preparing an Application

Read instructionsNever assume that reviewers “will know what you mean”Refer to literature thoroughly State rationale of proposed investigationInclude well-designed tables and figuresPresent an organized, lucid write-upObtain pre-review from faculty at your institution

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‘I THINK YOU SHOULD BE MORE EXPLICIT HEREIN STEP TWO.”

Principal Investigator/Program Director (Last, First, Middle): Smith, Joe M.

Targeted/Planned Enrollment Table

This report format should NOT be used for data collection from study participants.

Study Title: Sample Study

Total Planned Enrollment: 350

TARGETED/PLANNED ENROLLMENT: Number of Subjects

Sex/Gender Ethnic Category

Females Males Total

Hispanic or Latino 50 50 100

Not Hispanic or Latino 125 125 250

Ethnic Category: Total of All Subjects * 175 175 350

Racial Categories

American Indian/Alaska Native 10 10 20

Asian 10 10 20

Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

Black or African American 50 50 100

White 105 105 210

Racial Categories: Total of All Subjects * 175 175 350

* The “Ethnic Category: Total of All Subjects” must be equal to the “Racial Categories: Total of All Subjects.”

PHS 398/2590 (Rev. 05/01) Page Targeted/Planned Enrollment Format Page

Principal Investigator/Program Director (Last, First, Middle): Smith, Joe M

Inclusion Enrollment Report

This report format should NOT be used for data collection from study participants.

Study Title: Sample Study

Total Enrollment: 160 Protocol Number:

Grant Number: 1 R01 HD00000-01A1

PART A. TOTAL ENROLLMENT REPORT: Number of Subjects Enrolled to Date (Cumulative) by Ethnicity and Race

Sex/Gender

Ethnic Category Females Males Unknown or Not Reported Total

Hispanic or Latino 10 5 15 ** Not Hispanic or Latino 95 50 145

Unknown (individuals not reporting ethnicity)

Ethnic Category: Total of All Subjects* 105 55 160 *

Racial Categories

American Indian/Alaska Native 4 2 6

Asian 3 3 6

Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

Black or African American 14 13 27

White 84 34 121

More Than One Race

Unknown or Not Reported 3 3

Racial Categories: Total of All Subjects* 105 55 160 *

PART B. HISPANIC ENROLLMENT REPORT: Number of Hispanics or Latinos Enrolled to Date (Cumulative)

Racial Categories Females Males Unknown or Not Reported Total

American Indian or Alaska Native

Asian

Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

Black or African American

White 10 5 15

More Than One Race

Unknown or Not Reported

Racial Categories: Total of Hispanics or Latinos** 10 5 15 ** * These totals must agree. ** These totals must agree.

PHS 398/2590 (Rev. 09/04) Page Inclusion Enrollment Report Format Page

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Applications Submitted to NIHApproximately 78,000 grant applications are submitted to NIH each year, of which < 20% are funded

Competing grant applications are received for three review cycles per year

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Sample Application Number

Individual Serial Amended Research Number Grant 1 R01 HD 12345 01 A1

New Child GrantApplication Health Support Institute Year