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This checklist is based on Part 4. Target Your Audience of NIAID's NIH Grant Cycle: Application to Renewal. Find more checklists at Checklists for the NIH Grant Cycle.
Table of Contents
- Writing to Your Audience
- Scale and Innovation
- Balancing the Technical and Nontechnical
- Mastering the Application
Writing to Your Audience
 Do you know how to make your application appeal to its audience, your peer reviewers?
Will you put the primary reviewer first, while also getting everyone's attention?
Will your primary reviewer be able to readily grasp and explain what you are proposing?
Will you make a strong case for why NIH should fund you?
For more information, read Write to Your Audience.
Scale and Innovation
Are you making sure the scope of your project matches the time and resources you are requesting?
Are you proposing few Specific Aims and a limited scope?
Will the scale of your hypothesis and Specific Aims fit your request of time and resources?
Is your hypothesis provable and aims doable with the resources and time you are requesting?
Are you taking care not to propose too much or be too innovative?
For more information, see Don't Propose Too Much or Be Too Innovative.
Balancing the Technical and Nontechnical
Will you balance technical and nontechnical writing, especially in your Specific Aims?
Did you read our approaches for organizing technical and nontechnical information?
For more information, see Balance the Technical and Nontechnical.
Mastering the Application
Do you know the page limits and formatting requirements for your application package? Read Page Limits, Formats.
Do you know how to organize your application so reviewers can effortlessly glide through it? See Plan and Organize Effectively.
Do you know how to edit and write at a professional level? Learn techniques at Write, Edit, and Proof Like a Pro.
Will your application meet the objectives and requirements of the announcement? Read Make Sure Your Application Fits the Announcement.
Do you know how to create a neat, well organized, and easy-to-read application?
Learn how at Make Life Easy for Reviewers.
Are you aware of the main traps PIs fall into with their applications? Read the list at Know These Review Problems and Solutions.
Do you know the most common reasons cited by reviewers for application failure? Read the list at More Common Problems Cited by Peer Reviewers.
Find more checklists at Checklists for the NIH Grant Cycle. For more information, see NIAID's NIH Grant Cycle: Application to Renewal and the All About Grants tutorials. |
