Grant Resources
The Grant Submission Process for NIH
After you submit a grant application to NIH, you will feel as if you've already done your research. It's that time consuming, tedious, and difficult. However, the hard work will pay off if you take the time to organize how you are going to approach your project and understand how the application process works (especially the special terms). Knowing the terms and application procedures below will help in this process:
Although the complete set of PHS 398 forms is available by clicking on the heading below, it is strongly recommended that researchers at ATSU use this face page and checklist.
PHS
398 Application
Public health service 398 application form that provides
instructions and forms for investigators seeking funding. Spend a
significant amount of time studying and understand this application
before you begin writing.
Institute
Request (see Table 2, page 2)
(your project may be of interest to one institute over
another, for example the National Complementary and Alternative Medicine
for KCOM projects or the Institute on Aging.
IRG
Request (see Table 5, page 22)
(an institute review group who evaluates your proposal).
Application
Due Date
(important date to know in the beginning so you can allow
ample time and not rush)
Activity Code (see Table 1, page 12)
NIH
Guide for Grants and Contracts
(the official publication of NIH policies, procedures,
and availability of funds). New extramural grant programs and
priorities are implemented by publication of one of the following:
- Program Announcement (PA): announces increased priority and/or emphasizes particular funding mechanisms for a specific area of science; applications accepted on standard receipt dates on an on-going basis. (A PAR is a PA for which special referral guidelines apply, described in the PAR.)
- Request for Applications (RFA): identifies a more narrowly defined area for which one or more NIH institutes have set aside funds for awarding grants; one receipt date, specified in RFA.
- Request for Proposals (RFP): solicits proposals for a contract; one receipt date, specified in RFP.
