Application Requirements

Instructions

Applicants are strongly encouraged to seek advice from and work with the program leadership, members of the Multidisciplinary Advisory Committee (MAC), faculty, or mentors in the development of their applications.

The application must be in 11-point Helvetica, Georgia, Palatino Linotype, or Arial type with 0.5-inch margins. Please sequentially number all of the pages in the proposal narrative (items a–f) (do not use suffixes, e.g., 5a, 5b). Place your name in the upper right-hand corner of each page. Combine all parts of the application materials below into a single PDF. The order of the materials is prescribed in the table of contents and is outlined below. Be sure to follow the links indicated for additional descriptions of materials needed. Application processing may be delayed or the application may be returned if it does not comply with all of these requirements.

Application Materials

  1. Cover page. Follow this link to register your application. You will be asked for identifying information, demographic data, citizenship information, information on the research project you are proposing, contact information for all of your mentors, and contact information for the individual who will guarantee your protected time. Once you have entered all of this data, you will be able to submit the document to register the application. You will be provided with instructions on how to print this page, which will serve as the cover page of your application.
  2. Abstract that provides an overall description of the proposal (1 page).
  3. Table of contents.
  4. Draft budget and budget justification.
  5. NIH biosketch (note: the biosketch should include grants funded as well as grants pending). Biosketches will be considered incomplete if the applicant's eRA Commons username is not included. For information on how to obtain an eRA Commons username, click here.
  6. Curriculum vitae.
  7. Proposal narrative.
  8. Resources.
  9. Team mentoring packet.
  10. Letters of support.
  11. Checklist.
  12. A copy of your permanent residency card if you are a non–U.S. citizen.

Appendixes are not allowed for this proposal. A proposal that exceeds the page limitation will be returned to you without review.

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