Find Opportunity and Download Application Package
Opportunity
Posting Notes Steps
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Opportunity and Download Application Package FAQs
Opportunity
Posting Notes
- Electronic grant applications must be submitted in response to a Funding
Opportunity Announcement (FOA). ‘Investigator Initiated’
or ‘unsolicited’ applications’ will now be submitted,
via Grants.gov, to Parent announcements that are mechanism (e.g. R01, R21,
R44, etc.) specific. Applicants can look for the appropriate Parent opportunity
on the Parent
Announcements page.
Note that NIH will include the word “Parent” in the title of all FOAs that target investigator-initiated applications.
- NIH will continue to use Request for Applications (RFAs) and Program Announcements
(PAs), but all solicitations will be referred to as Funding Opportunity
Announcements (FOA) in Grants.gov
- FOAs will continue to be posted in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts
(http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/)
- Button added to the NIH Guide announcements allowing applicants to
access the Grants.gov application package directly from the NIH Guide
- Button added to the NIH Guide announcements allowing applicants to
access the Grants.gov application package directly from the NIH Guide
- FOAs will simultaneously be posted to Grants.gov along with the appropriate application package
Steps to Find Opportunities in NIH Guide and Download the Application package
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- The NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts (often referred
to as the NIH Guide) is the official publication for NIH medical
and behavioral research grant policies, guidelines and funding opportunities.
It can be found off of the Office
of Extramural Research (OER) home page or directly at http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/index.html.
- Once in the NIH Guide, you will see a search screen. You can
enter search criteria directly on this screen or choose one of the other
targeted search options. The Advanced Search feature provides
the most flexibility in your search. For illustrative purposes, choose Advanced
Search.
- The Advanced Search feature provides many options to narrow your search.
Enter your search criteria and click on the Search button.
Example 1: If you are looking for an opportunity that allows investigator-initiated applications for the NIH Small Grants Program (R03), your search criteria may be Activity Code (Types of Grants) = R03 and Title Text Includes = Parent.
Example 2: If you are looking for all Small Business Innovation Research (R43) opportunities, your search criteria may be Activity Code (Types of Grants) = R43.
- Identify a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) of interest and click
on the FOA number to open the announcement.
- Carefully read the announcement. Application packages are opportunity-specific
(i.e., you cannot use an application completed for one opportunity to apply
for another), so be sure you have chosen the correct FOA before you download
and complete the application package. A button added to the NIH Guide
announcements allows applicants to access the Grants.gov application package
directly from the NIH Guide. Find and click on the Apply for Grant
Electronically button contained in the FOA.
- Click on download under the Instructions and Applications header
to access the Grants.gov Download Opportunity and Applications page for
that FOA.
- The Grants.gov Download Opportunity Instructions and Applications page
provides an option to sign-up to receive notifications of changes to the
application package. The page also includes the links that allow you to
download both the Application Instructions and the actual Application Package.
Click on the links and your ready to start preparing your application.
Find Opportunity and Download Application Package FAQs
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