USDA-NIFA Templates and Instruction

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH

Required for PD, Co-PD, Senior Associates, and other professional personnel regardless of whether collecting salary or not from the project. All documents must be at least 12 point font with 1 inch margins on all sides.

Type “Biographical Sketch” in the document header and save file as “BiographicalSketch_lastname”File names are limited to 50 characters and may not include any special characters, periods, blank spaces or accent marks. An underscore (_) may be used to separate words in the file name.

Recommended information includes:  Education and Training  Research and Professional Experience  Collaborators and Affiliations (for conflicts of interest) – for AFRI applications this section is not included in the biosketch as it is submitted in a separate document.  Publications and Synergistic Activities

The Biographical Sketch should be limited to 2 pages each in length, excluding publications listings. The vitae should include a presentation of academic and research credentials, as applicable (e.g., earned degrees, teaching experience, employment history, professional activities, honors and awards, and grants received). Include a chronological list of all publications in refereed journals during the past 4 years, including those in press. Also, list only those non-refereed technical publications that have relevance to the proposed project. List all authors in the same order as they appear on each paper cited, along with the title and complete reference as these usually appear in journals.

Application templates for Conflicts of Interest, project summaries, and Current & Pending support can be downloaded here: http://nifa.usda.gov/resource/application-support-templates