Important Points

• Register as a user on Grants.gov and eRA Commons

• Visit the NIH R15 webpage
• Read the R15 FOA PA-13-313
• Follow the SF424 Application Guide (except where the PA-13-313 differs)
• Download the actual SF424 Form C or create an online application using ASSIST. See also: Grant Application Package

  Remember to:

• Submit by 5 PM on Due Date (following business day if due date is on a national holiday or weekend day)
• IACUC protocol and approval (if appropriate)
• Fill out any internal Grant and/or Budget routing forms (if necessary; varies by institution)
• Generate a Budget:
  • Make a spreadsheet (include FICA, indirects etc.. and double and triple check math)
  • All values are entered for only Period 1 in the Form C budget section
  • If total budget <$250K: Qualifies as a Modular Budget and a detailed budget is not necessary
  • If total budget is >250K up to $300K: Must itemize in Form C budget section and include a Budget Justification)

  and it helps to:

• Contact: NIH Program Officer (ask if you can email them Specific Aims page etc..)
• Contact: Colleagues for reading your Specific Aims page and Research Strategy
• Check for similar funded grants: http://projectreporter.nih.gov
• Review http://grants.nih.gov/grants/grants_process.htm
• Obtain Letters of support (optional)
• Check NIH's Post Submission Policy

Required pages to be inserted into the Adobe SF424 Form C package you downloaded from Grants.gov (see above)

Bibliography and References
**UPDATE**New Format for Biosketch (see: NIH Notice)
Budget Justification
Cover Letter (optional; but critical if it is a resubmission)
Equipment (list of major equipment already available for project)
Facilities and Other Resources (with R15 Impact Statement, see below)
Letters of Support (optional)
Project Narrative
Project Summary
Research Strategy (12 pages)
Resource Sharing Plan (includes as needed: Data Sharing Plan, Model Organism Sharing Plan; GWAS Plan)
Specific Aims (1 Page)
Vertebrate Animals Section (VAS; if appropriate)
Introduction (1 Page): only if proposal is a resubmission

• **note: Form C asks for a Current and Pending Support page, but it is not required unless grant is funded